Definition of "unexpansive" []

• Not given to high spirits or effusiveness (adjective)
• Showing no tendency to expand (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "On the contrary, our approach to them is narrowly utilitarian, unexpansive and without either awe or affection."
• "It would not have been logical to think that this cold unexpansive man was, in his heart, a patriot who felt Spain's decadence deeply and was seeking the means to revive her."
• "He was cold, distant and unexpansive in manner and had more followers than friends."