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uncommunicative

[uhn-kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-tiv, -key-tiv] / ˌʌn kəˈmyu 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

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

For a man who came from a culture that prizes conversation as a high art form, and has provided more than its fair share of hyper-articulate storytellers, he was famously uncommunicative with journalists and writers.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023

He was sinister looking and uncommunicative, and had a terrible temper.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey