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unspared

unspared adjective: not spared.

Adjective

unspared (not comparable)

  1. Not spared.
    • It is only here and there, by Duerer, Holbein, Carpaccio, or other such men, that we get a living bird rightly drawn;[18] but we may be greatly thankful for the unspared labor, and attentive skill, with which many illustrations of ornithology have been produced within the last seventy or eighty...1897, John Ruskin, Love's Meinie
    • Cornelia knew later, when she was older and had thought more, that the queen had instantly caught the defiant mood of her guest, and thereupon left nothing unspared to conciliate it.1900, William Stearns Davis, A Friend of Caesar

Origin of unspared

From un- + spared.

Questions about unspared

What does unspared mean?
Unspared means not spared.
What part of speech is unspared?
Unspared is an adjective.

Words near unspared in the dictionary

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

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