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uncommunicative

adjective

un·​com·​mu·​ni·​ca·​tive ˌən-kə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌkā-tiv How to pronounce uncommunicative (audio)
-ni-kə-tiv
: not disposed to talk or impart information : reserved

Example Sentences

the child was uncommunicative and unhelpful to school investigators intelligence agencies must be uncommunicative about their operations if they are to be at all effective
Recent Examples on the Web The man, never named, is uncommunicative, neither sharing much of himself nor seeming interested in getting to know Emerick at any depth. Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022 Isolated and uncommunicative, Lucas grows feebler, losing stamina and praying to God to deliver him from the unconquerable place. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022 The captives are separated into three groups and driven to isolated locations; their captors are brutal and uncommunicative. Tom Nolan, WSJ, 13 May 2022 Many less attractive traits are also recorded: Charles could be uncommunicative and dilatory, evasive and mendacious, refractory, vindictive, obstinate, even outright wicked, though self-delusive about the motives of others. R.j.w. Evans, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2020 In a deposition, Richard Sackler’s daughter Marianna is sullen and uncommunicative. Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021 Many less attractive traits are also recorded: Charles could be uncommunicative and dilatory, evasive and mendacious, refractory, vindictive, obstinate, even outright wicked, though self-delusive about the motives of others. R.j.w. Evans, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2020 Patients and their families who have testified at legislative hearings describe an unresponsive and uncommunicative board that usually allows doctors accused of negligence or malpractice to continue to practice. San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2021 That deadline has since been extended to June 7, but Toho said the property’s management has been uncommunicative and delinquent on payments for months. Katie Rice, orlandosentinel.com, 7 May 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1691, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of uncommunicative was in 1691

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