uncommunicable
[ uhn-kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-buhl ]
/ ˌʌn kəˈmyu nɪ kə bəl /
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adjective
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Origin of uncommunicable
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at un-1, communicable
OTHER WORDS FROM uncommunicable
un·com·mu·ni·ca·bly, adverbWords nearby uncommunicable
uncomfortable, uncommercial, uncommitted, uncommon, uncommonly, uncommunicable, uncommunicative, uncompensated alkalosis, uncompetitive, uncomplaining, uncomplicated
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Example sentences from the Web for uncommunicable
She smiled, but the smile only gave you a new thrill; it was vacant and had no joy in it, rather an uncommunicable grief.
Marm Lisa|Kate Douglas WigginTheir enchantment is in our blood, and their meaning uncommunicable.
Thomas Hardy's Dorset|Robert Thurston HopkinsThe fresh beauty of such songs as these is, however, almost utterly uncommunicable in another language.