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unexpansive

Definitions of unexpansive
  1. adjective
    showing no tendency to expand
    unexpansive bodies”
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    antonyms:
    expansive
    able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
    distensible
    capable of being distended; able to stretch and expand
    cavernous, erectile
    filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood
    expandable, expandible, expansible
    able to expand or be expanded
    inflatable
    designed to be filled with air or gas
  2. adjective
    not given to high spirits or effusiveness
    “an unexpansive man”
    synonyms:
    restrained
    under restraint
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