A Word a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: Unstinting

About This Blog

I love language. I enjoy playing with words and even, yes, reading dictionaries, thesauruses and style manuals.

Last fall, when I was motivating myself to write again, I recalled some advice from a very wise English teacher who told me that one of the keys to learning new vocabulary was to make the words relevant.

I thought that would be an excellent daily writing exercise for myself, so I started a daily blog on my MySpace blog with a word of the day. After the traditional definition, synonyms and usage blurbs, I added a section called "Relevance to My life," in which I'd use the word in a description of some aspect of my life.

Occasionally I'd add "What it is NOT" entries and video clips, some of which were directly relevant, and others which resulted from my stream-of-consciousness train of thought.

I hope that you enjoy them!

Monday, October 27, 2008

Unstinting

The Word of the Day for October 27 is "unstinting."

unstinting: (adjective) Bestowed liberally.

Synonyms: lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing.

Usage: Her suitor's unstinting devotion was flattering yet slightly unsettling.

Relevance to my life: Tired of the unstinting criticism from him, I closed myself off and shut him out. Perhaps things might have turned out differently with more frequent kind words from him and more patient understanding from me. We'll never know, though.

The judges' unstinting praise of Robert Muraine at his audition seemed sincere, although one was also unstinting with a donkey-bray laugh.

Feel free to show your unstinting admiration for me in other ways.

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