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Recent Examples of uncommunicative Her older roommate, Prabha, whose uncommunicative husband now works in Germany, is lonely. Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2024 Me about uncommunicative guys who lack intent and she about self-sabotaging the nicest guy she’s ever dated. R29 Team, refinery29.com, 2 Sep. 2024 But the pathologically uncommunicative Wayne never seems all that happy about anything. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024 The most original piece of work in this volume is Matthew Evangelista's fascinating analysis of the transnational organizations -- such as Pugwash and the Palme Commission -- that kept dialogue alive during the more uncommunicative days of the Cold War. Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2010 See All Example Sentences for uncommunicative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncommunicative
Adjective
  • One of the radio outages appears to have taken place on November 6, when controllers overseeing Newark went silent for more than two minutes, according to air traffic audio from the website LiveATC.net and first published in November by the YouTube channel VASAviation.
    Casey Tolan, CNN Money, 7 May 2025
  • In addition, the fiesta will feature live music and many local artists in the event’s silent and live auctions.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • Over the course of the conclave — the secretive process of choosing a new pope — members of the College of Cardinals gathered in the Vatican for several rounds of voting.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 8 May 2025
  • Key Background Prevost was elected pope Thursday after the secretive conclave process began a day earlier, in which cardinals elect the new pope through rounds of secret ballots.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • Economists and geopolitical experts, however, are more reserved in their appraisal of the agreement.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
  • Drizzle with about 2 tablespoons of the reserved marinade and toss to coat.
    Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In helicopter video taken by Air Maui Helicopter Tours in Lahaina and posted online the people aboard are largely speechless.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Because his work, as is often the case, leaves us almost speechless.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • The saw-whets, perhaps intimidated by the larger owl, had gone quiet.
    Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 10 May 2025
  • As economic uncertainties mount and corporate stability feels increasingly tenuous, a quiet revolution is taking place among millennials and Gen Z: the rise of DIY businesses.
    Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.
    Daniel Jackson, Allure, 18 July 2017
  • Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.
    Andy Benoit, The MMQB, 10 July 2017
Adjective
  • But his administration is hardly reticent about denouncing other countries’ internal conduct.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
  • Studio executives will convene in the Riviera facing an avalanche of questions from their foreign colleagues, who may be more reticent to do business.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 4 May 2025
Adjective
  • Simple solution: The Derby and Preakness are too close at 14 days apart.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 11 May 2025
  • Ivanka Trump may live among us in Miami Beach, but don’t get too close.
    Madeleine Marr, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 May 2025

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“Uncommunicative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncommunicative. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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