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Recent Examples of uncommunicative Some supporters felt their club had become too corporate, too cold and too uncommunicative. Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024 Often, a less qualified candidate who displays high energy and eagerness can outshine a more qualified individual who appears disinterested and uncommunicative. Jack Kelly, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 Her older roommate, Prabha, whose uncommunicative husband now works in Germany, is lonely. Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2024 Sasse was uncommunicative and sometimes unresponsive to the university’s students and staff. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for uncommunicative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncommunicative
Adjective
  • Later, when Doyle comes into some mysterious bags of cash, and heads toward the mainland with a bottle of booze, a boat, and one last chance to go out in a blaze of self-immolation, Farrell manages to mix dread and adrenaline into every silent expression.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • James Cook was kept relatively silent in this game with 87 yards on 17 carries.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Though her identity is not at first known to Benedict, the woman turns out to be Sophie Baek, a secretive maid with big dreams.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 13 Oct. 2025
  • However, secretive and unregulated practices by PBMs, which are heavily consolidated, have led to a chorus of drug manufacturers, pharmacists, and government regulators calling for more oversight.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Raised in Iowa and Nebraska, Carson built his career as a host of variety and game shows with an approachable ease, developing a reserved charisma that helped fuel the rise of his show as a gigantically influential program with a massive audience.
    Eric Deggans, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Stir in reserved shrimp and sausage.
    Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 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 Seattle crowd that exploded in the first was quiet.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The three-bedroom property features quintessentially Scandi details like wide plank flooring and high ceilings, and the balcony comes equipped with sofas for quiet coffees in the morning light.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • And, in one of the dumbest and most obviously racist postr taken by a presidential candidate, at some point Republicans became fixated on the idea that Haitian migrants were stealing pets for food in the Midwest.
    Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
  • After Johnson gave his answer to that resolutely dumb question, several other luminaries took a whack at the zeitgeist piñata.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The novel immerses the reader in the world of a Carpathian village in the 1970s, where the main character Darusya lives, whom the locals consider mute and mentally retarded due to attacks of headaches, although none of them guesses the true reasons for her behavior and defiance.
    Nelly Klos September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • With a tactical view on mute or turning the volume up.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Steve Tsang, director of SOAS University of London's China Institute, told Monday the statement showed that Beijing is no longer reticent in using its rare earths to assert itself.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • He’s dominated in the faceoff circle, winning 24-of-35 draws, hasn’t been reticent to lower his shoulder (five hits in the season opener) and been an ever-present pest at the top of the crease in the offensive zone.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Uncommunicative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncommunicative. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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