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unspare

unspare adjective: not spare; abundant or generous.

Adjective

unspare (comparative more unspare, superlative most unspare)

  1. Not spare; abundant or generous.
    • The food, presented with a dated menu, was remarkably unspare — a flavorsome light potage, choux-rouge braises, fresh saucisson and jambon fume, pommes natures, Poire Belle-Helene […]1983, The New Yorker, volume 59, numbers 33-39, page 109
    • The legs of Enlightener are also graced by an unspare tailoring of pleated clothes.1995, Paul Ilie, The Age of Minerva: Counter-rational reason in the eighteenth century

Forms of unspare

comparativemore unspare
superlativemost unspare

Origin of unspare

From un- + spare.

Questions about unspare

What does unspare mean?
Unspare means not spare; abundant or generous.
What part of speech is unspare?
Unspare is an adjective.

Words near unspare in the dictionary

  1. unspankable
  2. unspanked
  3. unspanned
  4. unspar
  5. unsparable
  6. unspare
  7. unspareable
  8. unspared
  9. unsparing
  10. unsparingly
  11. unsparingness

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