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; < Late Latin incommūnicābilis. See in-3, communicable

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 (ˌɪnkəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—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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