unspare

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ spare

Adjective[edit]

unspare (comparative more unspare, superlative most unspare)

  1. Not spare; abundant or generous.
    • 1983, The New Yorker, volume 59, numbers 33-39, page 109:
      The food, presented with a dated menu, was remarkably unspare — a flavorsome light potage, choux-rouge braises, fresh saucisson and jambon fume, pommes natures, Poire Belle-Helene []
    • 1995, Paul Ilie, The Age of Minerva: Counter-rational reason in the eighteenth century:
      The legs of Enlightener are also graced by an unspare tailoring of pleated clothes.

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