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Sparer

noun
1.
Someone who refrains from injuring or destroying.


Spare

adjective
(compar. sparer; superl. sparest)
1.
Thin and fit.  Synonym: trim.  "A body kept trim by exercise"
2.
More than is needed, desired, or required.  Synonyms: excess, extra, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus.  "Found some extra change lying on the dresser" , "Yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant" , "Skills made redundant by technological advance" , "Sleeping in the spare room" , "Supernumerary ornamentation" , "It was supererogatory of her to gloat" , "Delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words" , "Extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts" , "Surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
3.
Not taken up by scheduled activities.  Synonym: free.  "Spare time on my hands"
4.
Kept in reserve especially for emergency use.  "A spare tire" , "Spare parts"
5.
Lacking in amplitude or quantity.  Synonyms: bare, scanty.  "A scanty harvest" , "A spare diet"
6.
Lacking embellishment or ornamentation.  Synonyms: bare, plain, unembellished, unornamented.  "Unembellished white walls" , "Functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"



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"Sparer" Quotes from Famous Books



... mixed with the bread, to lower its nutricious qualities, let it not be offered to the labourer; but if economy of this kind be required, let it be exercised by those whose eyes are standing out with fatness, and to whom a sparer diet might be beneficial.—MEAT in general, as well as all other kinds of food, is nourishing or otherwise, according to its quality, and the manner in which it is prepared. There are peculiar constitutions, or particular diseases and periods of life, when animal food is highly detrimental; ...
— The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, • Mary Eaton


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