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adjective

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

... 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

... Denmark, 4to., 7 parts, 1746: part 4th, a volume which abounds with a number of copper-plate engravings, worked off in a style of uncommon clearness and brilliancy. Some of the portraits themselves are rather stiff and unexpressive; but the vignettes are uniformly tasteful and agreeable. The seven parts are rarely found in ...

— Bibliomania; or Book-Madness - A Bibliographical Romance • Thomas Frognall Dibdin

... 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

... everyone had a feeling at this moment that this proposed duel would be unlike any other combat every fought between two antagonists. Perhaps it was the white, absolutely stony and unexpressive face of Marguerite which suggested a latent tragedy: perhaps it was the look of unmistakable horror in Juliette's eyes, or that of triumph in those of Chauvelin, or even that certain something in His Royal Highness' face, which seemed to imply that the Prince, careless man of ...

— The Elusive Pimpernel • Baroness Emmuska Orczy

... be tacitly acknowledged the smartest girl in Westfield, but perhaps for that very reason she had held aloof from manhood until now. At least no youth in her neighborhood had ever impressed her as her equal. Neither did Babcock so impress her; but he was different from the rest. He was not shy and unexpressive; he was buoyant and self-reliant, and yet he seemed to appreciate her quality none ...

— Unleavened Bread • Robert Grant