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Unexpressive adj.

Not expressive; not having the power of utterance; inexpressive.

Incapable of being expressed; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable. (Obs.) "Run, run, Orlando; carve on every tree The fair, the chaste and unexpressive she."

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Etymology of 'Unexpressive'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Unexpressive" Quotes from Famous Books

... generous than in the country they had left. Some would die by the way, all would suffer hunger and thirst and the scorching mid-day sun, but their sufferings would be dumb. To me they seemed to typify the very soul of Russia, unexpressive, inactive from despair, unheeded by the little set of Westernizers who make up all the parties of progress or reaction. Russia is so vast that the articulate few are lost in it as man and his planet are lost in interstellar space. It is possible, ...

— The Problem of China • Bertrand Russell

... bird of sweetest throat, And some lute full clear of note, Could have tried it,—O, the lute For that wondrous song were mute, And the bird would do her part, Falter, fail, and break her heart,— Break her heart, and furl her wings, On those unexpressive strings. ...

— Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. • Jean Ingelow

... sure your statements are justified, Mr. Merrick." Yet Hedrik Von Taer's face, usually unexpressive, denoted blank mystification. What connection could these girls have with ...

— Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society • Edith Van Dyne

Words linked to "Unexpressive" : incommunicative, expressionless, deadpan, impassive, poker-faced