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spareless en · ADJ

Etymology

From spare + -less.

Meanings

1. (archaic) Unsparing.
   • When all the friends that blessed his prime, Were vanished like a morning dream; Plucked one by one by spareless Time, And scatteredin oblivion's stream; 1841, The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Nineteenth Century, page 100:
   • But Hubba, at his early death incensed, Swell'd into fury: with supernal strength Burst the closed gates: struck by his spareless sword, Alas! mid echoing screams and groans, o'er all Those hallow'd aisles, unnumber'd victims fell, Whom with a voice of thunder Hubba sent Cursing to Hela 1841, John Fitchett, Robert Roscoe, King Alfred: A Poem, page 455:
   • Too - soon expose thee not , to Sisters - spareless 1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, translated by Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson […]], published 1611, →OCLC:
2. Lacking a spare tire.
   • However, until the spareless car gains acceptance, spare tires will be provided on all the passenger cars. 1957, Product Engineering - Volume 28, page 210:
   • Since I carried only one spare, I had many an anxious moment running spareless on bald rubber . 1973, John J. Byrne, Africa on Wheels: A Scrounger's Guide to Motoring in Africa, page 34:
   • A more reliable, spareless solution is the run-flat tire. 2003, Car and Driver - Volume 48, page 13:
   • The purpose of your tire-patch package is to keep you on the road and keep you from being spareless after a puncture-flat. 1970 December, Richard Day, “How to Set Up and Run Your Own Wheel/Tire Upkeep Center”, in Popular Science:

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