Mean and Spare

Mean

Mean adjective - Giving or sharing as little as possible.

Usage example: a mean child who hoarded all her toys

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Spare and mean are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spare" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

Spare adjective - Giving or sharing as little as possible.

Usage example: a man who is kind and gentle but definitely spare of speech

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Mean and spare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Spare".

Nearby Words: spar, sparing, spared, sparely

heart	mean heart	spare heart
life	mean life	spare life
trouble	mean trouble	spare trouble
people	mean people	spare people
Other words: boy, someone, death, world, kid, anyone, everyone, son, humans.

But in the end, to spare her sister the curse she decided to give Marie her ring saying it no longer mean anything to her.

Source: Series / Are You Afraid of the Dark?
The site of an on-course accident is usually screened off so as to spare watchers the sight, but this does not mean the carcass is then discreetly sold on to Pedigree Petfoods.

Source: No Animals Were Harmed
This would mean Snape's death as soon as Lupin took upon his werewolf form, but if Lupin considered Snape as his "mate", the werewolf would spare them. Therefore...

Source: Mate or Die

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