The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unexpressive \Un`ex*press"ive\, a.
Not expressive; not having the power of utterance; inexpressive.
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Incapable of being expressed; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable. [Obs.]
Run, run, Orlando; carve on every tree The fair, the chaste and unexpressive she.
--Shak. [1913 Webster] -- Un`ex*press"ive*ly, adv.
Wiktionary
a. Not expressive
WordNet
adj. deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read" [syn: deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced]
Usage examples of "unexpressive".
Night has drawn her jewelled pall And through the branches twinkling fireflies trace Their mimic constellations, if it fall That one should see the moon rise through the lace Of blossomy boughs above the garden wall, That surely would he take great ill thereof And famish in a fit of unexpressive love.