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View synonyms for unexpressed

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
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of unexpressed1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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