uncommunicable
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8.1
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.kəˈmjun.ɪ.kə.bəl/
- He wrote a poem about his uncommunicable feelings of loss and despair.
Examples
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Her pain was so deep that it felt uncommunicable to anyone who had not experienced it.
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"And for some uncommunicable reason, he thinks there's no future for him with us," said Lyou Ye, more calmly.
Fiction book (1998) -
It is also uncommunicable.
Academic text (1998) -
The child's fear was uncommunicable, making it difficult for the parents to understand how to help.
Synonyms
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8.1
Not willing or able to give information
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4.6
Not able to spread disease between people
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6.6
You cannot give or sell it to another person
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4.4
Not able to spread from one person to another
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8.8
Not safe or allowed to be talked about openly
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6.3
A disease that cannot be passed from one person to another
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5.4
Other people cannot give or use it
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6.8
You cannot give it to someone else to use
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6.9
Not able to make others sick or to spread a disease
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6.9
You cannot share this information with people outside a company
Cannot be passed from one person to another
Antonyms
How Communicable
Surface Forms
Morphology
uncommunicable = communicable (transparent) = un + communicate + able
The negative prefix 'un-' attached to 'communicable' yields a straightforward negation meaning 'not able to be communicated'.
Etymology
Uncommunicable joins un- 'not' with communicable, which comes from a Latin root meaning 'to share' and is the same root in communicate and common. So, uncommunicable describes something you cannot share or express to others.