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unexpressing

unexpressing is the present participle and gerund of unexpress.

Meaning of unexpress

Verb

unexpress (third-person singular simple present unexpresses, present participle unexpressing, simple past and past participle unexpressed)

  1. (rare, transitive) Hypothetically, to undo the expressing of.
    • For Barthes, the task of the novelist is to unexpress what has already been expressed, to deliberately play havoc with what is undeniably — and therefore frustratingly — true.1978, Alexander Welsh, editor, Narrative Endings, page 95

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Questions about unexpressing

What is unexpressing the present participle and gerund of?
Unexpressing is the present participle and gerund of unexpress.

Words near unexpressing in the dictionary

  1. unexpressedly
  2. unexpresses
  3. unexpressible
  4. unexpressibleness
  5. unexpressibly
  6. unexpressing
  7. unexpressive
  8. unexpressively
  9. unexpressiveness
  10. unexpressly
  11. unexpropriable

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