incommunicative

[ in-kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-tiv, -key- ]
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adjective
  1. not communicative; reserved; uncommunicative.

Origin of incommunicative

1
First recorded in 1660–70; in-3 + communicative

Other words from incommunicative

  • in·com·mu·ni·ca·tive·ly, adverb
  • in·com·mu·ni·ca·tive·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for incommunicative

incommunicative

/ (ˌɪnkəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv) /


adjective
  1. tending not to communicate with others; taciturn

Derived forms of incommunicative

  • incommunicatively, adverb
  • incommunicativeness, noun

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