"incommunicative" meaning in English

See incommunicative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more incommunicative [comparative], most incommunicative [superlative]
Etymology: From in- + communicative. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|communicative}} in- + communicative Head templates: {{en-adj}} incommunicative (comparative more incommunicative, superlative most incommunicative)
  1. Uncommunicative. Derived forms: incommunicatively, incommunicativeness
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