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What is the adjective for spared?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs spare and sparse which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

spare
  1. Scanty; not abundant or plentiful.
  2. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
  3. Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
  4. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
  5. Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
  6. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) Slow.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. relief, reserve, second, additional, auxiliary, backup, substitute, supplementary, alternative, emergency, extra, fallback, supernumerary, surplus, alternate, ancillary, another, free, fresh, leftover, replacement, standby, duplicate, optional, supererogatory, back-up, fall-back, in reserve, in store, other, secondary, supplemental, new, added, subsidiary, further, more, farther, accessory, supporting, complementary, fill-in, increased, stand-in, deputy, contributory, temporary, superfluous, top-up, unused … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “The spare tire is only suited for temporary or emergency use only.”
      “We donated our spare clothing and household items to the local charity.”
      “His steed, too, wanted for something to eat, and gnawed eagerly at the spare vegetation as soon as permitted.”
sparse
  1. Having widely spaced intervals.
  2. Not dense; meager.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. meagre, scant, scanty, scarce, inadequate, paltry, meager, limited, skimpy, exiguous, poor, spare, light, slender, slim, thin, slight, sparing, stingy, skimp, scattered, rare, sporadic, bare, occasional, uncommon, infrequent, scrimpy, dispersed, scrubby, hand-to-mouth, in short supply, at a premium, hard to come by, few and far between, thin on the ground, thinly distributed, insufficient, deficient, small, measly, little, insubstantial, negligible, short, minimal, modest, inconsiderable, piddling, low … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The vegetation today is too sparse to support large herds of mammoths anyway.”
sparing
  1. prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal
  2. Synonyms:
      3. miserly, close-fisted, parsimonious, penurious, illiberal, avaricious, thrifty, stingy, uncharitable, frugal, tight, mingy, skinflinty, cheap, economical, ungenerous, close, near, chintzy, economising, economizing, grasping, mean, scrimping, tightfisted, abstemious, careful, cautious, chary, closefisted, pinching, pinchpenny, provident, prudent, saving, spare, stewardly, stinting, ungiving, unwasteful, wary, penny-pinching, cost-conscious, money-conscious, Scrooge-like, tight-fisted, money-grubbing, cheese-paring, greedy, selfish … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Evidently, they have been too sparing in spending money where it should have been spent.”
      “It's a general overview of the event, marred by being rather sparing on facts and overly sensationalistic in writing.”
      “From them, we know the significance of being good, principled and honest, and the need to be sparing in judgment of others.”
spareable
  1. Capable of being spared; available.
spary
  1. (obsolete) sparing; parsimonious
sparer
  1. comparative form of spare: more spare
  2. Synonyms:
      3. freer, fresher, more supplementary, more ancillary, more supererogatory, more temporary, uselesser, more superfluous, more expendable, more dispensable, more disposable, more needless, more redundant, more unessential, more unnecessary, more unneeded, more excessive, more unwanted, more unused, more uncalled for, more de trop, more inordinate, more extravagant, more superfluent, more exorbitant, more profuse, lavisher, more waste, more left, more pleonastic, more abounding, extremer, more unproductive, more uneaten, more gratuitous, odder, more supererogative, more uncalled-for, wantoner, more worthless, more untouched, more unprofitable, more unwarranted, more non-essential, more pointless, more purposeless, more avoidable, more causeless, more groundless … more
spareful
  1. (obsolete) sparing; chary
sparest
  1. superlative form of spare: most spare
  2. Synonyms:
      3. freest, freshest, most supplementary, most ancillary, most supererogatory, most temporary, uselessest, most superfluous, most expendable, most dispensable, most disposable, most needless, most redundant, most unessential, most unnecessary, most unneeded, most excessive, most unwanted, most unused, most uncalled for, most de trop, most inordinate, most extravagant, most superfluent, most exorbitant, lavishest, most profuse, most waste, most left, most pleonastic, most abounding, extremest, most unproductive, most uneaten, most gratuitous, oddest, most supererogative, most uncalled-for, wantonest, most worthless, most untouched, most unprofitable, most unwarranted, most non-essential, most pointless, most purposeless, most avoidable, most causeless, most groundless … more
spared
  1. simple past tense and past participle of spare
  2. Synonyms:
      3. allowed, set aside, allocated, allotted, left, reserved, earmarked, designated, devoted, deducted, gave, provided, remitted, afforded, apportioned, made available, assigned, set by, set apart, put aside, dedicated, consecrated, saved, appropriated, consigned, put in, laid aside, maintained, let someone have, given, granted, supplied, parted with, pledged, committed, surrendered, applied, sacrificed, bestowed, relinquished, entrusted, kept, given up to, gave up to, given over, gave over, given up, gave up, furnished, prepared … more
sparsed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of sparse
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