unsparing
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Synonyms
bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, freehanded, freehearted, fulsome, generous, liberal, munificent, open, openhanded, unselfish, unstinting
Antonyms
cheap, close, closefisted, costive, illiberal [archaic], mingy, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, selfish, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous
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The writing crackles, the insights are unsparing and the book delivers a witty, satirical picture of Hindu mythology and the formation of modern India, warts and all. — New York Times, "New & Noteworthy, From Black Utopias to a ‘Little Women’ Tribute," 27 Aug. 2019 Fittingly for a car designer, he is driven — by ambition and obsessive perfectionism, instilled in him by the spartan discipline of a beloved but unsparing father. — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, "Doc Talk: On the field, behind the camera, at the wheel, in the lab," 7 Aug. 2019 Now Aster returns with Midsommar, which couldn’t be more different: Its action occurs under the unsparing, perpetual daylight of a Scandinavian summer. — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, "Midsommar Is a Nightmare in Broad Daylight," 5 July 2019 Sendak captured Janacek’s seductive yet unsparing vision of the natural world. — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, "Discovering Maurice Sendak, the Opera Designer," 27 June 2019 In Poland, her books have elicited widespread acclaim, but also outpourings of reactionary vitriol, including death threats for her unsparing depiction of Polish anti-Semitism. — Julian Lucas, Harper's magazine, "New Books," 22 July 2019 The unsparing ingenuity of U.S. scientists and industry to overcome long odds. — Ledyard King, USA TODAY, "Apollo 11 moon landing celebrated as pioneering milestone, but it was really about winning the space race," 17 July 2019 The reaction to his arrest has been unsparing, hitting a collective nerve about moral responsibility and failure to act in the midst of a horrific attack. — oregonlive.com, "He’ll go down in history as a coward, but is he a criminal?," 16 June 2019 The reaction to his arrest has been unsparing, hitting a collective nerve about moral responsibility and failure to act in the midst of a horrific attack. — oregonlive.com, "He’ll go down in history as a coward, but is he a criminal?," 16 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unsparing.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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unsparing
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