Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [spair]
- /spɛər/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [spair]
- /spɛər/
Definitions of unspared word
- verb with object unspared to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy. 1
- verb with object unspared to deal gently or leniently with; show consideration for: His harsh criticism spared no one. 1
- verb with object unspared to save from strain, discomfort, embarrassment, or the like, or from a particular cause of it: to spare him the bother; to spare her needless embarrassment. 1
- verb with object unspared to refrain from, forbear, omit, or withhold, as action or speech: Spare us the gory details. 1
- verb with object unspared to refrain from employing, as some instrument or recourse: to spare the rod. 1
- verb with object unspared to set aside for a particular purpose: to spare land for a garden. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of unspared
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (v.) Middle English sparen, Old English sparian; cognate with Dutch, German sparen, Old Norse spara; (noun and adj.) Middle English; compare Old English spær sparing, frugal (cognate with Old High German spar, Old Norse sparr
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Unspared
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
unspared popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
unspared usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSee also
Matching words
- Words starting with u
- Words starting with un
- Words starting with uns
- Words starting with unsp
- Words starting with unspa
- Words starting with unspar
- Words starting with unspare
- Words starting with unspared