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- [spair]
- /spɛər/
- /ˈspeə.nəs/
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- [spair]
- /spɛər/
Definitions of spareness word
- verb with object spareness to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy. 1
- verb with object spareness to deal gently or leniently with; show consideration for: His harsh criticism spared no one. 1
- verb with object spareness to save from strain, discomfort, embarrassment, or the like, or from a particular cause of it: to spare him the bother; to spare her needless embarrassment. 1
- verb with object spareness to refrain from, forbear, omit, or withhold, as action or speech: Spare us the gory details. 1
- verb with object spareness to refrain from employing, as some instrument or recourse: to spare the rod. 1
- verb with object spareness to set aside for a particular purpose: to spare land for a garden. 1
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Origin of spareness
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (v.) Middle English sparen, Old English sparian; cognate with Dutch, German sparen, Old Norse spara; (noun and adj.) Middle English; compare Old English spær sparing, frugal (cognate with Old High German spar, Old Norse sparr
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Spareness
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spareness popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
spareness usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spareness
noun spareness
- austerity — Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
- baldness — having little or no hair on the scalp: a bald head; a bald person.
- dourness — sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
- gauntness — extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
Antonyms for spareness
noun spareness
- avoirdupois — a system of weights used in many English-speaking countries. It is based on the pound, which contains 16 ounces or 7000 grains. 100 pounds (US) or 112 pounds (Brit) is equal to 1 hundredweight and 20 hundredweights equals 1 ton
See also
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