incommunicable
[adjective]
Synonyms: unutterable, indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, inenarrable, inexpressible, undescribable, unexpressible, unspeakable, untellable, reserved, constrained, noncommittal, restrained

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Antonyms: communicable, communicative

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incommunicable adjective. [ɪnkǝ'mju:nɪkǝb(ǝ)l] M16.
[Late Latin incommunicabilis not to be imparted, formed as IN-³ + communicabilis: see COMMUNICABLE.]
1. = INCOMMUNICATIVE. M16.

2. Unable to be imparted or shared. L16.
■ C. Johnston To wrest from the sovereign an essential part of the incommunicable power of the crown.

3. Unable to be communicated by speech; unspeakable, unutterable; ineffable. M17.
■ J. F. Ferrier Its true meaning is utterly incommunicable by one being to another.

4. Not in communication; lacking communication. M17.

■ ,incommunica'bility noun M17.

■ incommunicableness noun E17.

■ incommunicably adverb E17.

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