"unimpress" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: unimpresses [present, singular, third-person], unimpressing [participle, present], unimpressed [participle, past], unimpressed [past]
Etymology: un- + impress or back formation from unimpressed Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|impress}} un- + impress Head templates: {{en-verb}} unimpress (third-person singular simple present unimpresses, present participle unimpressing, simple past and past participle unimpressed)
  1. Too fail to impress positively; to leave very little impression or a bad impression;
    Sense id: en-unimpress-en-verb-SboIlzz9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

Inflected forms

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