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inexpressiveness

inexpressiveness noun: the quality of being inexpressive.

Noun

inexpressiveness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being inexpressive.
    • His perceived inexpressiveness particularly impressed the critics in France, where the perceptive Louis Delluc wrote about him in almost Bressonian terms:2008 March 25, Dave Kehr, “New DVDs: ‘The Phantom Empire’”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    inexpressivity
    Antonyms:
    expressiveness

Synonyms of inexpressiveness

Antonyms

Origin of inexpressiveness

From inexpressive + -ness.

Questions about inexpressiveness

What does inexpressiveness mean?
Inexpressiveness means the quality of being inexpressive.
What part of speech is inexpressiveness?
Inexpressiveness is a noun.

Words near inexpressiveness in the dictionary

  1. inexpressibles
  2. inexpressibly
  3. inexpression
  4. inexpressive
  5. inexpressively
  6. inexpressiveness
  7. inexpressivity
  8. inexpugnability
  9. inexpugnable
  10. inexpugnableness
  11. inexpugnably

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