unexpressed

[ uhn-ik-sprest ]

/ ˌʌn ɪkˈsprɛst /

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adjective

not expressed; not indicated or communicated, as in words, intimations, or the like: an unexpressed desire.

tacit; understood without explicit statement: an unexpressed agreement.

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Origin of unexpressed

First recorded in 1555–65; un-¹ + express + -ed²

Words nearby unexpressed

unexperienced, unexplained, unexploited, unexplored, unexposed, unexpressed, unexpressive, unexpurgated, unfaced, unfact, unfailing

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How to use unexpressed in a sentence

His accumulating doubts hitherto unexpressed, almost unacknowledged even, were now confirmed.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Holy thoughts and affections unexpressed are sometimes like a fire shut up in the bones.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
He groped for her unexpressed meaning, and seeing that he had not grasped it she clarified it to his masculine intelligence.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
After all I may say or write, it is still unexpressed, and far short of the living love which I carry in my heart.
How to be Happy Though Married|E. J. Hardy.

The only trace the passing hour would leave with him would be an unexpressed antipathy for Hilda.
Greifenstein|F. Marion Crawford

British Dictionary definitions for unexpressed

unexpressed

/ (ˌʌnɪkˈsprɛst) /

adjective

not expressed or said

understood without being expressed

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