unsparIng

[Pref. un- (1), and Eng. spar IMG:content-0247.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Given or done unsparingly; unmerciful. "To make unsparing use of the boot." -Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. vi. un-spär-ing-ly, adv. [Eng. unsparing; -ly.] In an unsparing manner; not sparingly. "The Lord unsparingly hath swallow'd All Jacob's dwellings," Donne: Lamentations , ii. *ŭn-sparred', a . [UNSPAR.] Not closed or made fast; open. "The door unsparred , and the hawk without." Surrey: Whether Liberty by Lo of Life , . *un-speak', *un-speake, v . t . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. speak .] To retract, as something spoken; to recant; to unsay. "Unspeak mine own detraction." Shakesp.: Macbeth, iv. 3. IMG:content-0248.png:[blocks in formation] "His description Proved us unspeaking sots." Shakesp.: Cymbeline, v, 5. un-spěç-i-fied, a . [Prefix un- (1), and English specified .] Not specified; not particularly mentioned. "It had not pa ed unspecified." - Browne: Vulgar Errors, bk. vii., ch. i. *ŭn-spěcked, adj . [Prefix un- (1), and English specked.] Unspotted, blamele , irreproachable. ( Cowper : Truth , 201.) un-spěc-ta-cled (le as el), adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. spectacled .] Not wearing spectacles. "Many a nose, spectacled and unspectacled , was popped out of the adjoining window."- Scott : St. Ronan's Well , ch. xiv.