unlavished

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ lavished

Adjective[edit]

unlavished (not comparable)

  1. Not lavished.
    • 1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mosses from an Old Manse:
      But now appeared a stranger, whom the host had no sooner recognized, than, with an abundance of courtesy unlavished on any other, he hastened down the whole length of the saloon, in order to pay him emphatic honor.
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