1
as in generous
giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation
neighbors were unsparing in their charity when a local family was rendered homeless by a fire
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as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
unsparing in his criticism of the welfare state
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Recent Examples of unsparing
The judge’s takedown was unsparing.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
Verizon customers react on social media Verizon customers were unsparing in their reaction to the outage on social media.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
The judge’s takedown was unsparing.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026
David Szalay’s recent novel Flesh captures with unsparing accuracy the consciousness of an ordinary man in helpless decline.
—Kevin Power, The New York Review of Books, 25 Dec. 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
Verizon customers react on social media Verizon customers were unsparing in their reaction to the outage on social media.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
The judge’s takedown was unsparing.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026
David Szalay’s recent novel Flesh captures with unsparing accuracy the consciousness of an ordinary man in helpless decline.
—Kevin Power, The New York Review of Books, 25 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsparing
Adjective
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These Amazon jeans are for a tighter budget and still offer a relaxed fit from waist to leg, with generous taping and a stone wash tone that goes with anything.—
Alexandra Pereira,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Al’s is famous for its obscenely generous loaded baked potatoes, the kind locals stretch across four meals.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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Lydia, naturally, has her own reasons for pairing Agnes and Daisy together, evolving from a ruthless zealot and disciplinarian in Handmaid’s Tale into a kind of double agent looking to overthrow Gilead from within the hallowed halls of power in Testaments, as the finale set her up to do.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Mar. 2026
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After enduring a tough patch in business, fate changes his course, turning him into El Serpiente, a ruthless political strategist.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2026
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That’s the view of Brad Conger, chief investment officer at Hirtle Callaghan, a firm that manages $25 billion on behalf of such clients as charitable institutions and college endowments.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2026
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Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Waltz lends a slimy charisma to the merciless SS colonel, who gets a satisfying comeuppance via carving knife.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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These are two of the most conniving, merciless people on television, and they’re bonded by the twin desire to be more like the other.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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With a 15 percent slope and soils consisting of shattered rock and very stony loam with a small percentage of clay, the soil is low in organic matter and drains extremely well.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
22 Feb. 2026
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The sculptor, David Adickes, was an Army veteran who'd wanted his stony visages to gleam.—
Danielle Paquette The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Unsparing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsparing. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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