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unimˈpressive, a.
(un-1 7.)
1796T. Gisborne Walks Forest (ed. 2) vi. 121 Does Truth, disclosed from heaven,..her sacred shafts behold Bound unimpressive from the callous heart? 1828P. Cunningham N.S. Wales (ed. 3) II. 314 The slovenly and unimpressive manner in which the witness is sworn. 1880C. Wicksteed in S. Brooke's Life & Lett. (1917) I. 330 Look at the men who pass into the shades of our theology—impassive, unimpressive shades!
Hence unimˈpressively, -ness.
1827Hare Guesses Ser. i. 107 The accuracy and unimpressiveness of Algebraic characters. 1832J. S. Mill Let. 29 May (1910) I. 30 The opinions I have put forth in these different articles..are expressed so coldly and unimpressively that I can scarcely bear to look back upon such poor stuff. 1860Geo. Eliot in Cross Life (1885) II. 221 The variety is in some degree a cause of comparative unimpressiveness. |