uncommunicative
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6.3
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.kəˈmjun.ɪ.kə.tɪv/
:
taciturno
- During the meeting, he remained uncommunicative, rarely contributing to the discussions.
Examples
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As had been the case during other swim seasons, she was frequently sullen, uncommunicative, and irritable.
Academic text (2004) -
Afterward, though, he had become sullen, uncommunicative, almost unfriendly.
Fiction book (1993) -
"Why did everyone maintain that men were uncommunicative?
Fiction book (1995) -
If you're as uncommunicative as this, they may be forced to.
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It's because you're both selfish and uncommunicative, among other things.
Blog text (34) -
The story goes that Epps, a man of short sentences, was a rather surly but uncommunicative child and never spoke to his father.
Fiction book (1996) -
"He's been somewhat uncommunicative." "I don't understand." "The last time we talked, he was a trifle cold."
Fiction book (1991) -
She's quiet and uncommunicative.
Fiction book (1993) -
While Japanese fathers are seen as symbolic patriarchs, many Japanese LGBT individuals described their fathers as absent from their lives and uncommunicative with them.
Academic text (2018) -
Machar was an unlikely candidate for sainthood: gruff, uncommunicative, pathologically intense, frightening even to those he helped.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
18
5.7
Not willing to speak or give information
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7.9
Not willing to talk about thoughts or feelings easily
5
8.4
A person who does not speak much and seems reserved
1
7.5
Not willing to talk or share information
1
8.1
Not willing or able to give information
Unwilling to talk or answer questions
Not willing to talk or answer questions
Not talking much and often listening to others
A person who does not say opinions or feelings openly
Not talking much and not showing strong feelings
Antonyms
How Communicative
- Formal
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9.9
- Informal
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3.3
33
2.5
4
6.3
397
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
uncommunicative = communicative (transparent) = un + communicative
Formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'un-' to the adjective 'communicative', yielding the predictable opposite meaning.
Etymology
Uncommunicative is made of un- meaning 'not' and communicative, from the same root as communicate and community which mean 'to share' or 'make common'. So an uncommunicative person is someone who 'does not share' their thoughts or information.