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• n  someone who refrains from injuring or destroying
• s  thin and fit
• s  more than is needed, desired, or required
• s  not taken up by scheduled activities
• s  kept in reserve especially for emergency use
• s  lacking in amplitude or quantity
• s  lacking embellishment or ornamentation

• Tune, 43, does not smoke or drink, and his West Side Manhattan apartment is even sparer than he is.
• The sound is somewhat sparer here, the lyrics rougher around the edges and maybe even better for that.
• A Love Supreme 's four-part suite represented a new approach sparer, more fluid, more intense.

• spare
• trim
• excess
• extra
• redundant
• supererogatory
• superfluous
• supernumerary
• surplus
• free
• bare
• scanty
• plain
• unembellished
• unornamented

News & Articles

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• John Sparer, 60
  John W. Sparer, 60, of Holland, died Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at Hospice House of Holland.
  June 8, 2013 - The Holland Sentinel
• Martial arts students to spar in the park
  On Monday June 10, the No Limits Martial Arts Group will host a “Spar in the Park” at Saint Mary’s Park located at B and Silber. Students will compete against each other to see who is going to be the park's top sparer.
  June 8, 2013 - North Platte Bulletin

Quotes

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• Richard Butler in Rolling Stone
  There was no grand plan for me to sing quietly and have a sparer production when we began to work at Jon's studio about two years ago,says Butler. "But with the dark subject matter, it seemed appropriate that I sing in a softer way. These...