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单词 inexpressiveness
释义

inexpressivenessn.

Etymology: formed as inexpressive adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: inexˈpressiveness.
The quality of being inexpressive; want of expressiveness.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [noun]
insolidity1578
emptiness1579
insignificancy1651
no-meaning1672
insignificance1754
inexpression1796
inexpressiveness1815
vacuousness1816
unmeaningness1825
unmeaning1839
pointlessness1845
non-significance1846
meaninglessness1853
unsuggestiveness1858
unexpressiveness1885
nonsense1942
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > quality of not manifesting emotion
inexpressiveness1815
undemonstrativeness1858
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun]
feebleness1533
washiness1631
wateriness1660
wheyishness1803
inexpressiveness1815
ineffectiveness1865
nullity1883
wishy-washiness1891
1815 J. Bentham Chrestomathia i. 63 The fictitiousness,—and thence the inexpressiveness, or rather the misexpressiveness,—of the language.
1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. viii. 157 A countenance of immoveable inexpressiveness.
1881 H. James Portrait of Lady III. xv. 222 Pity for the poor woman's inexpressiveness, her want of regret, of disappointment, came back to her.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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