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Meanings of unexpressive in English

Deliberately impassive in manner.

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        1
        M. Didot's face was as unexpressive and as ambiguous as an oracle.
        Raphael; Or, Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty
        2
        Giordano's original melody is for the greater part commonplace and unexpressive.
        Chapters of Opera / Being historical and critical observations a...
        3
        Fletcher Kale's gray eyes remained flat and unexpressive, but he turned quite pale.
        Phantoms
        4
        Did I not know what a lovely soul hid behind that unexpressive countenance?
        Wilfrid Cumbermede
        5
        Not bad faces on the whole, but heavy and unexpressive.
        Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern
        6
        There was an odd smile on his usually unexpressive face.
        The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale
        7
        Yet Hedrik Von Taer's face, usually unexpressive, denoted blank mystification.
        Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society
        8
        And as he talked a look of awe and apprehension dilated his usually unexpressive eyes.
        The Heart of Unaga
        9
        Helen Adeline gave the speaker a stolid, unexpressive glance.
        Many Kingdoms
        10
        They saw the face dimly in the half-light, with unexpressive dark patches under the penthouse brows.
        The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories
        11
        I don't care for the unexpressive millions!
        Together
        12
        Ayla studied the wrinkled face, which had become blank and unexpressive, and the white-knuckled arthritic old hands.
        The Mammoth Hunters
        13
        His features were heavy and unexpressive.
        Peter Ruff and the Double Four
        14
        History is a gallery of pictures so individually unexpressive that you must know the artist to know their meaning.
        Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis to John S. Dwight; Brook Farm...
        15
        Newmark, a growing wonder and disgust creeping into his usually unexpressive face, recognised the strategic advantage of this arrangement.
        The Riverman
        16
        Hardly a shade of emotion crossed her unexpressive, Oriental face, but curious Barbara was watching for that very change.
        The Automobile Girls at Washington; Or, Checkmating the Plots of...
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