GRE vocabulary
unsparing
mercilessly severe or harsh, or very generous and not holding back
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Questions about “unsparing”
Unsparing (adjective) means mercilessly severe or harsh, or very generous and not holding back
Here is unsparing used in an example sentence: "Her memoir offered an unsparing account of addiction that shocked even her closest friends."
Common synonyms for unsparing include harsh, unflinching, rigorous, candid.
Antonyms of unsparing include lenient, merciful, restrained.
Unsparing is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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