Meanings
adjectiveunexpressive (comparative more unexpressive, superlative most unexpressive)
comparative more unexpressive · superlative most unexpressive
- Not expressive
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedeliberately impassive in manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishexpressive
- Englishunexpressive
From un- + expressive.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with unexpressive
progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
unexpressive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unexpressive
MLA
“unexpressive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unexpressive. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unexpressive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unexpressive.
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