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View synonyms for incommunicable

incommunicable

[ in-kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
  2. not communicative; taciturn.


incommunicable

/ ˌɪnkəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl /

adjective

  1. incapable of being communicated
  2. an obsolete word for incommunicative
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Derived Forms

  • ˌincomˈmunicably, adverb
  • ˌincomˌmunicaˈbility, noun
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Other Words From

  • incom·muni·ca·bili·ty incom·muni·ca·ble·ness noun
  • incom·muni·ca·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of incommunicable1

From the Late Latin word incommūnicābilis, dating back to 1560–70. See in- 3, communicable
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Example Sentences

The incommunicable thrill of things, that is the tuning-fork by which we test the flatness of our art.

This lyric expressed for the two boys the incommunicable aspirations of their most sacred moments.

He had been annoyed out of all reason by the knowledge that they lay below him through the sick idle days—a burden incommunicable.

A sentiment is an infinite and incommunicable thing; no learning and no effort will ever reproduce it absolutely.

They say she has an incommunicable charm, accounting for the price he puts on her now she holds aloof and he misses it.

The author's vivid and imaginative sympathy has really enabled her in some degree to communicate the incommunicable.

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