unexpressed

[ uhn-ik-sprest ]

adjective

1. not expressed; not indicated or communicated, as in words, intimations, or the like:

   an unexpressed desire.

2. tacit; understood without explicit statement:

   an unexpressed agreement.

unexpressed

/ ˌʌnɪkˈsprɛst /

adjective

1. not expressed or said
2. understood without being expressed

Word History and Origins

Origin of unexpressed¹

First recorded in 1555–65; un- ¹ + express + -ed ²

Example Sentences

His accumulating doubts hitherto unexpressed, almost unacknowledged even, were now confirmed.

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Holy thoughts and affections unexpressed are sometimes like a fire shut up in the bones.

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He groped for her unexpressed meaning, and seeing that he had not grasped it she clarified it to his masculine intelligence.

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After all I may say or write, it is still unexpressed, and far short of the living love which I carry in my heart.

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The only trace the passing hour would leave with him would be an unexpressed antipathy for Hilda.

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