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Definition of uncommunicative - 2 dictionary results

un⋅com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅tive

  [uhn-kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-tiv, -key-tiv]
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–adjective
not inclined to talk or disclose information; reserved; taciturn.
Origin:
1685–95; un- 1 + communicative

Related forms:
un⋅com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
un⋅com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅tive⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
reticent, withdrawn, retiring, shy.
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un·com·mu·ni·ca·tive   (ŭn'kə-myōō'nĭ-kā'tĭv, -kə-tĭv)   
adj.  Not disposed to be communicative. See Synonyms at silent.
un'com·mu'ni·ca'tive·ly adv., un'com·mu'ni·ca'tive·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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