unsparing
/ʌnˈspɛːrɪŋ
/adjective
1Merciless; severe: he is unsparing in his criticism of the arms trade...
- Though unsparing in his criticism of political adversaries, the former Chief Minister is adept at employing witty remarks and repartees to cushion the impact of his caustic remarks.
- Both were unsparing in their criticism of government and of the social organisations that held India in their vice-like grip.
- His criticism of religion was unsparing, as was his contempt for those who pinned progressive hopes on it.
Synonyms
merciless, pitiless, unpitying, ruthless, relentless, remorseless, unmerciful, unforgiving, implacable, uncompromising;
stern, strict, severe, stringent, harsh, tough, rigorous, exacting, demanding, inflexible, draconian
Australian/New Zealand informal solid
2Given freely and generously: she had won her mother’s unsparing approval...
- It is a matter of concern not only for parents, teachers and the Executive, but for everyone who values the civil society that generations of Scots created through their unsparing efforts.
- He cannot be called that, but through his austerity, bearing, unwavering commitment and unsparing frankness he brought to his times a hint of the prophets of yore.
- The account of his marital infidelities, especially his affair with Assia Wevill in the early 1960s, is fair-minded and unsparing.
Synonyms
ungrudging, unstinting, willingly given, free, free-handed, ready, beneficent, benevolent, big-hearted, kind-hearted, kind, unselfish;
lavish, liberal, generous, magnanimous, open-handed, munificent, bountiful;
profuse, abundant
literary bounteous, plenteous
Derivatives
unsparingly
/ adverb ...- However, if the decision rests on a mistaken view of the law, then law professors should criticize it sharply and unsparingly to make sure that its legal errors do not become accepted doctrine.
- As Nariman's health deteriorates and he lies in the Chenoys' living-room enduring pain and incontinence, every odour and excretion is unsparingly described.
- These are some of the most unsparingly candid confessions about the sheer slog and awkwardness and grinding disappointment of designing ever committed to print.
unsparingness
- They meet in a museum and discuss Goya - an exemplary figure to them both, for an unsparingness that somehow doesn't exclude hope.
- Bad Boys may not be everyone's cup of tea, but its unsparingness makes for quite a welcome alternative when so many films gloss over the hardness of their material.
- That unsparingness may also begin to account for the fact that the sum of his parts - and of his books - sometimes seems greater than the whole.