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uncommunicative

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


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“Oh, Hi!” writer-director Sophie Brooks and Gordon are longtime friends who found themselves both back in their parents’ houses during the early stages of the pandemic and commiserating on relationship troubles and uncommunicative exes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2025

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

The outburst beneath my window seemed to have exhausted him and left him strangely uncommunicative.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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