spare a thought for

spare a thought for (third-person singular simple present spares a thought for, present participle sparing a thought for, simple past and past participle spared a thought for)

1. To think about someone or something.
   • 1958 July, J. P. Wilson, “Scottish Soliloquy”, in Railway Magazine, page 495:

     These lines survive, but who now recalls a journey to Macmerry, or to Carmyllie, or spares a thought for the Solway Junction Railway with its gaunt and lonely viaduct?

• “spare a thought for sb”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “spare a thought for”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “spare a thought for”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.