incommunicable

adjective

in·com·mu·ni·ca·ble | \ ˌin-kə-ˈmyü-ni-kə-bəl

Definition of incommunicable

: not communicable: such as

a : uncommunicative

b : incapable of being communicated or imparted

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Other Words from incommunicable

incommunicability \ ˌin-kə-ˌmyü-ni-kə-ˈbi-lə-tē

\ noun

incommunicably \ ˌin-kə-ˈmyü-ni-kə-blē

\ adverb

Examples of incommunicable in a Sentence

the vastness of the universe is incommunicable

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What surprised me was the poetic potential of scurvy, with its awfulness and that terrible sense of isolation, when the possibility of ecstatic delights was inconceivable and incommunicable. — National Geographic, "A Nightmare Disease Haunted Ships During Age of Discovery," 15 Jan. 2017 Lucy Barton’s story is, in meaningful ways, about loneliness, about an individual’s isolation when her past — all that has formed her — is invisible and incommunicable to those around her. — Claire Messud, New York Times, "Elizabeth Strout’s ‘My Name Is Lucy Barton’," 4 Jan. 2016

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