Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not disposed to be communicative. See Synonyms at silent.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not communicative or disposed to impart one's wealth; not liberal; parsimonious.
- Not communicative; not disposed to impart one's thoughts; not free to communicate to others; reserved; taciturn.
Wiktionary
- adj. Tending not to communicate; not communicating.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
Etymologies
- From un- + communicate + -ive. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“uncommunicative' style meant as no more than a pleasant aural accompaniment to whatever other activity we are pursuing, the purpose of serious music is that it should be heard with attention; some 'meaning' heard in it.”
“The emotional damage they suffered had left them moody, uncommunicative and sometimes violent.”
“I had the same trouble with Brian; I had so much trouble getting inside his head because I was too busy seeing him through D.J. Curiously, I've received a lot of criticism from readers about how passive and uncommunicative D. J.'s mother is.”
“Men, especially British men, tend to be so uncommunicative that it's easy to make the crass error that they have less feelings, and less sensitivity than women do.”
“They edited season 1 together oddly, so it's certainly possible they're going that route again, but they've been pretty uncommunicative on the subject. — Jessica”
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“He did not get a high score on the test, he was uncommunicative in the interview, and his playing seemed immature, lacking the kind of complexity that is often seen as an expression of intelligence.”
“Flint grew up with an uncommunicative father (James Caan) and a mother (Laruen Graham) who passed away during his childhood.”
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“Endowed with reciprocally different natures, Gray explained, women express their feelings and value assistance, while under stress men become distant and uncommunicative as they seek solutions to their problems.”
“For years Ms. Nadama struggled to help her son, but to no avail: Abubakar remained distant and uncommunicative and was unable to return her affection.”
“He was uncommunicative and critical, hadn't a clue about positive reinforcement, and neither were he or my mother much cop at expressing affection and declaring love for their child, as today's parents are meant to do.”
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