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adjective
1.
incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
2.
not communicative; taciturn.
Related forms
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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Incommunicable
has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
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| incommunicable (ˌɪnkəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | incapable of being communicated |
| 2. | an obsolete word for incommunicative |
| incommunica'bility | |
| —n | |
| incom'municableness | |
| —n | |
| incom'municably | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
incommunicable
1568, "not communicative," from in- "not" + communicable (see communication). Sense of "not able to be communicated" first recorded 1577.
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