incommunicable
Americanadjective
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incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
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not communicative; taciturn.
adjective
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incapable of being communicated
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an obsolete word for incommunicative
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Etymology
Origin of incommunicable
From the Late Latin word incommūnicābilis, dating back to 1560–70. See in- 3, communicable
Example Sentences
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Mr. Dyer remained a dutiful son but, sensing that part of his life was now incommunicable to his parents, withheld his most important feelings from them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
When Ishmael stops by the Whaleman's Chapel before his fateful journey, "each silent worshipper seemed purposely sitting apart from the other, as if each silent grief were insular and incommunicable."
From Salon • Dec. 11, 2021
Auden and William Carlos Williams, because it depicts, with brutal humor, a simple fact that most of us are loath to acknowledge: Suffering is incommunicable.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2020
I mean it was the first real book, and also the first book I ever read, in the sense that I had a private vision of what I was reading about—unexpected, incommunicable, painfully exciting.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2015
It was the masterful and incommunicable wisdom of eternity laughing at the futility of life and the effort of life.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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