noncommunicative
- a word derived from communicative.
Example Sentences
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The minutes-long standstill forced several people into the street; many more, including my husband and his cane, engaged in a potentially perilous stutter-step around the two knee-high, randomly moving yet noncommunicative vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
A spokeswoman for Jarecki’s office said Friday that he is now suffering from dementia and is noncommunicative.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
For one thing, they could suffer from depression, anxiety, or psychosis—conditions that might lead a person to be perceived as noncommunicative.
From Slate • May 21, 2018
Instead she visited Ted in the hospital, then fell into a dayslong depression during which she was totally noncommunicative with her husband.
From Slate • Aug. 6, 2012
He was a sullen and noncommunicative person and intimated that he had suited his own convenience in coming on from the West.
From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Day, Holman
