unimpress
unimpress verb: too fail to impress positively; to leave very little impression or a bad impression;.
Verb
unimpress (third-person singular simple present unimpresses, present participle unimpressing, simple past and past participle unimpressed)
- Too fail to impress positively; to leave very little impression or a bad impression;
- 'Twas on a morning, ere the Spring Had quickened ev'ry mortal thing, Within a place where students bring Their stomachs pranky, heads not full, Fresh as the sod, and raw from school ; To gather aids from dusty books Which unimpress their varied looks.1881, William Richardson, Alma Mater: and Other Poems, page 127
- Thinking it now more important to impress Julia than it was to unimpress Charles, Chad smoothed the sleeves of his new light-blue shirt, then bent to make certain the pant legs of his black trousers fell smoothly over his new boots.1993, Rosalyn Alsobrook, Passion for Hire, →ISBN, page 317
Forms of unimpress
| third-person singular present | unimpresses |
|---|---|
| present participle | unimpressing |
| past participle | unimpressed |
| past | unimpressed |
Origin of unimpress
From un- + impress or back formation from unimpressed.
Questions about unimpress
- What does unimpress mean?
- Unimpress means too fail to impress positively; to leave very little impression or a bad impression;.
- What part of speech is unimpress?
- Unimpress is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unimpress?
- The past tense of unimpress is unimpressed.
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