Unexpressive

Unexpressive
Unexpressive Un`ex*press"ive, a. 1. Not expressive; not having the power of utterance; inexpressive. [1913 Webster]

2. Incapable of being expressed; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Run, run, Orlando; carve on every tree The fair, the chaste and unexpressive she. --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- {Un`ex*press"ive*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]


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  • unexpressive — index mute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • unexpressive — [un΄ek spres′iv] adj. 1. INEXPRESSIVE 2. Obs. that cannot be expressed; inexpressible …   English World dictionary

  • unexpressive — unexpressively, adv. unexpressiveness, n. /un ik spres iv/, adj. 1. not expressive; lacking in expression of meaning, feeling, etc.: a bland and unexpressive person. 2. Obs. inexpressible. [1590 1600; UN 1 + EXPRESSIVE] * * * …   Universalium

  • unexpressive — adjective Date: 1600 1. obsolete ineffable 2. not expressive ; failing to convey the feeling or meaning intended …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • unexpressive — adjective Not expressive …   Wiktionary

  • unexpressive — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. inexpressive, dull, apathetic; see indifferent 1 , vacant 3 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. inexpressive, expressionless, undemonstrative, deadpan, stony, wooden, *poker faced, unresponsive, vacant, dead, bland. ANT …   English dictionary for students

  • unexpressive — adj. not expressive …   English contemporary dictionary

  • unexpressive — a. Inexpressive, characterless, blank, unmeaning …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • unexpressive — adj expressionless, impassive, inscrutable, deadpan, Inf. poker faced; blank, vacant, empty; passionless, inanimate, unemotional, cold; apathetic, indifferent, unresponsive, unfeeling; bland, inane, insipid, jejune, dead, lifeless, spiritless,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • unexpressive — un·expressive …   English syllables

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