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incommunicado
[ in-kuh-myoo-ni-kah-doh ]
/ ˌɪn kəˌmyu nɪˈkɑ doʊ /
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adjective
(especially of a prisoner) deprived of any communication with others.
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Origin of incommunicado
Words nearby incommunicado
incommode, incommodious, incommodity, in common, incommunicable, incommunicado, incommunicative, incommutable, incompact, incomparable, incompatible
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British Dictionary definitions for incommunicado
incommunicado
/ (ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ) /
adverb, adjective
(postpositive) deprived of communication with other people, as while in solitary confinement
Word Origin for incommunicado
C19: from Spanish incomunicado, from incomunicar to deprive of communication; see in- 1, communicate
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