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incommunicability

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in⋅com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅ble

[in-kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-buhl]
–adjective
1. incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
2. not communicative; taciturn.

Origin:
1560–70; < LL incommūnicābilis. See in- 3 , communicable


in⋅com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅bly, adverb
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in·com·mu·ni·ca·ble   (ĭn'kə-myōō'nĭ-kə-bəl)   
adj.  
  1. Impossible to be transmitted; not communicable: an incommunicable disease.

  2. Incommunicative: an executive who was maddeningly incommunicable.

in'com·mu'ni·ca·bil'i·ty n., in'com·mu'ni·ca·bly adv.
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