unforthcoming
Example Sentences
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He went on to criticise the defendant for failing to assist the police investigation, adding that Forde's "unforthcoming attitude" had meant further forensic work had to be undertaken.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025
Trials in Mexico are not conducted in public, and authorities have been especially unforthcoming about the San Fernando investigation.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2024
In the past, Mr. McCombs has been uncomfortable and unforthcoming in interviews — he doesn’t like self-aggrandizement — or has preferred they be conducted in unusual ways, such as by mail.
From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2016
His interviews were spectacularly unforthcoming about anything other than his music.
From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2016
I began quizzing her about how Ruth had been, but she was so unforthcoming, in the end I said to her: “Look, you must have talked about something.”
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
