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uncommunicative

[uhn-kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-tiv, -key-tiv] / ˌʌn kəˈmju nɪ kə tɪv, -ˌkeɪ tɪv /


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“We were extremely inconsiderate, insular and uncommunicative with each other that things like that always spilled on the sidelines,” the drummer said on the podcast.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2026

However, two congressional aides pushed back on the idea that Boeing’s team is inexperienced or uncommunicative.

From Seattle Times Apr. 16, 2024

Analyzing the aquatically loquacious may also give us clues about whether midbrain injuries in humans may be linked to a person being mute or uncommunicative, according to Bass.

From Salon Jan. 8, 2024

He suggested that this research may help us understand how a malfunctioning human midbrain may render a person uncommunicative or mute.

From Science Daily Jan. 3, 2024

His manner is mild, his hands large, with thick fingers and acquisitive thumbs, his blue eyes uncommunicative, falsely innocuous.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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