incommunicable

[ in-kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
2. not communicative; taciturn.

incommunicable

/ ˌɪnkəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being communicated
2. an obsolete word for incommunicative

Derived Forms

• ˌincomˈmunicably, adverb
• ˌincomˌmunicaˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• incom·muni·ca·bili·ty incom·muni·ca·ble·ness noun
• incom·muni·ca·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of incommunicable¹

From the Late Latin word incommūnicābilis, dating back to 1560–70. See in- ³, communicable

Example Sentences

The incommunicable thrill of things, that is the tuning-fork by which we test the flatness of our art.

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This lyric expressed for the two boys the incommunicable aspirations of their most sacred moments.

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He had been annoyed out of all reason by the knowledge that they lay below him through the sick idle days—a burden incommunicable.

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A sentiment is an infinite and incommunicable thing; no learning and no effort will ever reproduce it absolutely.

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They say she has an incommunicable charm, accounting for the price he puts on her now she holds aloof and he misses it.

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The author's vivid and imaginative sympathy has really enabled her in some degree to communicate the incommunicable.

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