From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Unsparing \Un*spar"ing\, adjective [Pref. un- not + sparing, p. pr. of spare.]
1. Not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse. --Burke.
2. Not merciful or forgiving. [R.] --Milton. -- {Un*spar"ing*ly}, adverb -- {Un*spar"ing*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" [syn: {lavish}, {munificent}, {overgenerous}, {prodigal}, {too-generous}, {unstinted}, {unstinting}]
2: not forbearing; ruthless; "an unsparing critic"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "unsparing": Spartan, Spartanic, ardent, assiduous, astringent, austere, authoritarian, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, demanding, diligent, dour, energetic, exacting, exigent, fervent, free, freehanded, freehearted, generous, giving, gracious, greathearted, grim, handsome, hard, hardworking, harsh, hospitable, inclement, indefatigable, industrious, laborious, large, largehearted, lavish, liberal, magnanimous, meticulous, munificent, never idle, open, openhanded, openhearted, princely, profuse, relentless, rough, rugged, sedulous, severe, sleepless, stern, stintless, strenuous, strict, stringent, tireless, tough, unflagging, ungentle, ungrudging, unremitting, unselfish, unsleeping, unstinted, unstinting, unwearied, vehement, zealous
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