unexpressed

[ uhn-ik-sprest ]

/ ˌʌn ɪkˈsprɛst /

not expressed; not indicated or communicated, as in words, intimations, or the like: an unexpressed desire.

tacit; understood without explicit statement: an unexpressed agreement.

Origin of unexpressed

First recorded in 1555–65; un-¹ + express + -ed²

It is the inward and unexpressed feeling rather than the outward expression of dissatisfaction (cf. James 4:11).

Studies in the Epistle of James |A. T. Robertson
Even Mr. Seward did not pretend to refuse liberty of unexpressed sympathy with either side to an utter foreigner.

Border and Bastille |George A. Lawrence
Unless he can work off his unexpressed remnant, his limbs are not free.

The Lost Art of Reading |Gerald Stanley Lee
In this idiom the pronoun refers to an unexpressed noun (prix, choix, etc.).

Contes Franais |Douglas Labaree Buffum

In addition, there was an undefined and unexpressed feeling that there might be a tragedy back of it.

The Best Policy |Elliott Flower

unexpressed

/ (ˌʌnɪkˈsprɛst) /

not expressed or said

understood without being expressed