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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unspare en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + spare.

Meanings

  1. Not spare; abundant or generous.
    • 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 […] 1983, The New Yorker, volume 59, numbers 33-39, page 109:
    • The legs of Enlightener are also graced by an unspare tailoring of pleated clothes. 1995, Paul Ilie, The Age of Minerva: Counter-rational reason in the eighteenth century:

Forms

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most unspare Degree=Sup lexicographic
more unspare Degree=Cmp lexicographic