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incommunicative
adjective
uk /ˌɪn.kəˈmjuː.nɪ.kə.tɪv/ us /ˌɪn.kəˈmjuː.nə.kə.t̬ɪv/
unwilling or unable to talk to people and give them information:
He was a withdrawn, incommunicative child.
The incommunicative locals treated us as if we'd just arrived from another planet.
In the following months, he became increasingly confused, angry, and incommunicative.
The patients had all suffered strokes or other paralyzing events that left them immobile or incommunicative.
Fish are often incorrectly thought to be incommunicative, but actually communicate territorial, sexual, and social signals using low-frequency sound.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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bite
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bite your tongueidiom
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clam
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mouth
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speak
speechlessly
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stick
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tight-lipped
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Not saying much
Synonym
uncommunicative
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