🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

毫不留情的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: háo bù liú qíng de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unsparing/ʌnˈspɛər.ɪŋ/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他对这个错误进行了毫不留情的批评。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not holding back or sparing anything; given without reservation, especially regarding effort, time, or resources.

    "She was unsparing in her dedication to the research project."
  2. 2

    Harsh, severe, or lacking mercy in criticism or punishment.

    "The critic offered an unsparing assessment of the author's new novel."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix un- (meaning not) combined with the verb spare, originating from Old English sparian, meaning to show mercy, refrain from harming, or use economically. By the 16th century, unsparing emerged to describe actions or attitudes that do not hold back or withhold effort, severity, or generosity.

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