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Definition of Sparing
1. Adjective. Avoiding waste. "`scotch' is used only informally"
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Thrifty
Derivative terms: Economy, Frugality, Frugalness
Definition of Sparing
1. a. Spare; saving; frugal; merciful.
Definition of Sparing
1. Adjective. prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of spare) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sparing
1. spare [v] - See also: spare
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sparing
Literary usage of Sparing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemistry of Food and Nutrition by Henry Clapp Sherman (1918)
"Protein-sparing Action of Carbohydrates and Fats It has been shown above that,
in fasting experiments, the amount of stored glycogen and fat in the body ..."
2. Chemistry of Food and Nutrition by Henry Clapp Sherman (1921)
"Protein-sparing Action of Carbohydrates and Fats It has been shown above that,
in fasting experiments, the amount of stored glycogen and fat in the body ..."
3. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"And also sparing mercy. Their first argument weighed and refuted. Justice and
mercy are not opposite. Two hinds of the divine attributes. ..."
4. The Vicar of Wakefield: Der Landprediger Von Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (1857)
"He sat down to supper among us, and my wife was not sparing of her gooseberry wine.
... sparing ..."
5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"Perhaps the most generally accepted theory of the pathological process is that
of a multiple gliosis, with secondary destruction of myeline, sparing in ..."
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