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UNEXPANSIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unexpansive mean?
• UNEXPANSIVE (adjective)
The adjective UNEXPANSIVE has 2 senses:
1. showing no tendency to expand
2. not given to high spirits or effusiveness
Familiarity information: UNEXPANSIVE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing no tendency to expand
Context example:
unexpansive bodies
Antonym:
expansive (able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not given to high spirits or effusiveness
Context example:
an unexpansive man
Similar:
restrained (under restraint)
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