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Meaning of "unexpressive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNEXPRESSIVE

unexpressive  [ˌʌnɪkˈsprɛsɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNEXPRESSIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unexpressive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNEXPRESSIVE


aggressive
əˈɡrɛsɪv
compressive
kəmˈprɛsɪv
depressive
dɪˈprɛsɪv
digressive
daɪˈɡrɛsɪv
expressive
ɪkˈsprɛsɪv
immunosuppressive
ˌɪmjʊnəʊsəˈprɛsɪv
impressive
ɪmˈprɛsɪv
inexpressive
ˌɪnɪkˈsprɛsɪv
nonprogressive
ˌnɒnprəˈɡrɛsɪv
oppressive
əˈprɛsɪv
progressive
prəˈɡrɛsɪv
regressive
rɪˈɡrɛsɪv
repressive
rɪˈprɛsɪv
retrogressive
ˌrɛtrəʊˈɡrɛsɪv
suppressive
səˈprɛsɪv
transgressive
ˌtrænzˈɡrɛsɪv
unaggressive
ˌʌnəˈɡrɛsɪv
unimpressive
ˌʌnɪmˈprɛsɪv
unoppressive
ˌʌnəˈprɛsɪv
unprogressive
ˌʌnprəˈɡrɛsɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNEXPRESSIVE

unexpected
unexpectedly
unexpectedness
unexpended
unexpensive
unexpensively
unexperienced
unexperient
unexpiated
unexpired
unexplainable
unexplained
unexploded
unexploited
unexplored
unexposed
unexpressed
unexpressible
unexpugnable
unexpurgated

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNEXPRESSIVE

adessive
antitussive
comprehensive
concussive
dismissive
emissive
essive
excessive
inessive
massive
missive
obsessive
passive
passive-aggressive
percussive
permissive
possessive
recessive
submissive
successive
supermassive

Synonyms and antonyms of unexpressive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNEXPRESSIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unexpressive» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unexpressive

Translation of «unexpressive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNEXPRESSIVE

Find out the translation of unexpressive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unexpressive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unexpressive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

unexpressive
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inexpresivo
570 millions of speakers

English

unexpressive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unexpressive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

unexpressive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

невыразительным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inexpressivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

unexpressive
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inexpressif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak tegas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ausdruckslos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

unexpressive
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unexpressive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unexpressive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unexpressive
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unexpressive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अव्यवहार्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

unexpressive
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unexpressive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

unexpressive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невиразним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unexpressive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unexpressive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unexpressive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unexpressive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unexpressive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unexpressive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNEXPRESSIVE»

The term «unexpressive» is normally little used and occupies the 146.132 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNEXPRESSIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unexpressive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNEXPRESSIVE»

Discover the use of unexpressive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unexpressive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reading, Desire, and the Eucharist in Early Modern Religious ...
as well as citations from Lycidas ('the unexpressive nuptial Song' [176]) and As You Like It ('the fair, the chaste, the unexpressive she' [3.2.10])66 as examples to confirm the equation of 'unexpressive' and 'inexpressible.' The description of ...
Ryan Netzley, 2011
2
Reverberating Song in Shakespeare and Milton: Language, ...
The furthest limit of musical description, announcing its own failure, is the word “ unexpressive.” According to J.B. Leishman, “unexpressive” occurs only three times in the English language: once here, once in Lycidas—in reference to heaven's ...
Erin Minear, 2011
3
The Handbook of Social Psychology
unexpressive do not seem as unexpressive as unexpressive people who are acting naturally (DePaulo et al., 1992). Also, whereas expressive people are talented at posing emotions, they are less adept than unexpressive people at trying to ...
Gardner Lindzey, Daniel Gilbert, Susan T. Fiske, 1998
4
Soliloquy!: The Shakespeare Monologues (men)
Run, run, Orlando; carve on every tree 10 The fair, the chaste, and unexpressive she.'' 1 witness/evidence 2 queen of night/Diana, triple goddess of the moon, the hunt and chastity 4 huntress' name/Rosalind, i.e., a chaste maid and follower of ...
William Shakespeare, Michael Earley, Philippa Keil, 1988
5
How Audiences Decide: A Cognitive Approach to Business ...
In a comparison of expressive and unexpressive nonverbal styles, Hrubes (2001) asked undergraduates to watch a video of a ... The graduate student delivered the arguments either in an expressive nonverbal style or in an unexpressive ...
Richard Young, 2011
6
Mourning and Panegyric: The Poetics of Pastoral Ceremony
"Unexpressive. Nuptial. Song": Milton's. Lycidas. I Rilke's Ninth Duino Elegy, debatably pastoral but unmistakably Mil- tonic in its verbal evocation of the " unsagliche," is a contemporary heir to that literary tradition, rooted in the pastoral, which ...
Celeste M. Schenck, 2008
7
Romeo and Juliet. As you like it
Run, run, Orlando; carve, on every tree, The fair, the chaste, and unexpressive ' she. [E.i'it. Enter Co1mv and ToUcnsTo1ve. CoR. And how like you this shepherd's life, master Touchstone ? TOUCn. Truly, shepherd, in respect of itself, it is a ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edward Capell, 1821
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The Works
To this observation no denial, or so much as doubt, can be opposed ; and hence it is that, by names in the highest degree, not merely unexpressive but misexpressive, the functions of names are performed, the purposes which are in view in ...
Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring, 1843
9
The plays (poems) of Shakespeare, ed. by H. Staunton, the ...
Unexpressive— ] Inexpressible. So Milton, in his " Lycidas," v. 1T6:— And let my officers of such a nature Make an extent upon his house and lands : Do this expediently,* and turn him going. [Exeunt. SCENE II.— The Forest. Enter Orlando  ...
William Shakespeare, Howard Staunton, 1859
10
Hamlet, and As You Like it: A Specimen of a New Edition of ...
(6) and unexpressive she] By a licence, of which we have had already examples in this play, used for inerpressible. “ And hears the unexpressive nuptial song." Lycid. v. 176. Milton has again in his Hymn to the Nativity, v. 116, “ unexpressive  ...
William Shakespeare, Thomas Caldecott, William Crowe, 1819

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNEXPRESSIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unexpressive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Read Tim Duncan's Adorable, But Fake Welcome Letter To …
So what can we pretend we learned about the unexpressive five-time NBA champion? Well, he likes cursive, like, really likes it. He writes letters in the public ... «San Antonio Current, Jul 15»
2
Brevity was the true soul of Richie Benaud's wit
I remember it because it was so in contrast to the sober suited, relatively unexpressive older man I came to know on TV. It was also so obviously revealing of ... «The National, Apr 15»
3
Dog or Jewish Boyfriend? A Quiz
He came with me to therapy once and was restless and unexpressive. 16. When I go out of town on a business trip, he sleeps with a pair of my underwear. 17. «The New Yorker, Mar 15»
4
'It sounds psychopathic': Kelsall
By the time he was living in Sydney in 2012 the drug had made him "unexpressive" and "withdrawn". But he was never violent. His loving parents, who sat near ... «NZ City, Mar 15»
5
Compagnie Marie Chouinard's sex-positive ballet delights
... try to suppress our laughter because it seems like we're supposed to strain for its commentary on the human condition with an expressively unexpressive face. «The Michigan Daily, Feb 15»
6
'It's worth it'
Seoul, is boringly unexpressive and tedious to any eye looking for inspiration. In response, new owners Hyundai Motor Group plan to make the property an ... «Korea Times, Nov 14»
7
Chuck Connelly Makes His Mark
If expressive paint is all about irregularity, then the dot, with its infinite dimensions of symmetry, is its antithesis: It is just about as unexpressive, as minimal, ... «artnet News, Sep 14»
8
Suburban Detroit man guilty in death of Renisha McBride
Wafer was impassive and unexpressive as the verdict was read, a typical demeanor for him since the shooting, with the exception of his tearful, soft-spoken ... «Al Jazeera America, Aug 14»
9
The Queen's Prized Race Horse Has Tested Positive for …
(Man, re-watching this video, the Iron Throne should really feel bad about the Queen's . . . unexpressive reaction in its presence, huh?) So, it doesn't seem too ... «Vanity Fair, Jul 14»
10
Grinning screws bring glee to humdrum home improvement projects
Although they won't be replacing unexpressive flathead screws any time soon, these jolly screws from Japan just might get you to crack a smile during your next ... «Mother Nature Network, Mar 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Unexpressive [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/unexpressive>. Apr 2024 ».
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