incommunicative
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- incommunicatively adverb
- incommunicativeness noun
Etymology
Origin of incommunicative
First recorded in 1660–70; in- 3 + communicative
Example Sentences
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But he was able to communicate with Willis about getting the beloved series to viewers “before the disease rendered him as incommunicative as he is now.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2023
"News of the World," therefore, becomes an adventure featuring a grizzled older man and a young incommunicative child.
From Salon • Dec. 23, 2020
Some parents say the camp has been incommunicative with them as the outbreak spread.
From Slate • Jul. 17, 2020
They were both at a late-night dinner in Rome in May, but Osaka said she was tired and incommunicative that time.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2018
Oh!" replied the ancient chair, in a quiet and easy tone, for it had now cleared its throat of the dust of ages, "I am naturally a silent and incommunicative sort of character.
From Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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