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View synonyms for inexpressive

inexpressive

[ in-ik-spres-iv ]

adjective

  1. not expressive; lacking in expression.
  2. Obsolete. inexpressible.


inexpressive

/ ˌɪnɪkˈsprɛsɪv /

adjective

  1. lacking in expression

    an inexpressive face

  2. an archaic word for inexpressible
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌinexˈpressively, adverb
  • ˌinexˈpressiveness, noun
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Other Words From

  • inex·pressive·ly adverb
  • inex·pressive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inexpressive1

First recorded in 1645–55; in- 3 + expressive
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Example Sentences

The dawn of the March morning is singularly inexpressive, and there is nothing to show where the eastern horizon lies.

Almost—not quite; in spite of its inexpressive speech, the narrow house is aware and sensitive beyond, as it were, its poor power.

Simplicity, healthy goodness, the radiance of unsmirched youth seemed to his eyes wholly inexpressive.

"I wonder what made you feel you could," he said, still in the same curiously inexpressive way.

It was plain she was a little puzzled, and took refuge in the conveniently inexpressive "really."

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