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uncommunicative

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Tending not to communicate; not communicating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He asked and asked, but she remained silent and uncommunicative.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: incommunicative

Antonyms: communicative

History

Etymology

From un- + communicative.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: необщителен (neobštitelen) — tending not to communicate; not communicating
  • Esperanto: nekomunikema — tending not to communicate; not communicating
  • German: unkommunikativ — tending not to communicate; not communicating
  • German: maulfaul — tending not to communicate; not communicating
  • Hungarian: hallgatag — tending not to communicate; not communicating
  • Hungarian: zárkózott — tending not to communicate; not communicating
  • Hungarian: szófukar — tending not to communicate; not communicating
  • Persian: تودار (tudâr) — tending not to communicate; not communicating
  • Vietnamese: ít nói — tending not to communicate; not communicating