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incommunicado

[ in-kuh-myoo-ni-kah-doh ]

adjective

  1. (especially of a prisoner) deprived of any communication with others.


incommunicado

/ ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ /

adverb

  1. postpositive deprived of communication with other people, as while in solitary confinement
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of incommunicado1

1835–45, Americanism; < Spanish incomunicado. See in- 3, communicate
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Word History and Origins

Origin of incommunicado1

C19: from Spanish incomunicado, from incomunicar to deprive of communication; see in- 1, communicate
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Example Sentences

While these broadly sensing cells were incommunicado, the brain also seemed to miss signals from other more specific taste cells, such as those for sensing bitterness.

Clare, Manu, and I were held incommunicado for 44 days, except for one phone call to our families.

The head of al Qaeda was hiding but he was not incommunicado.

If you want to be incommunicado for days on end, become an insurance agent, not a governor.

He left town without telling even his wife where he was going and was incommunicado for several days.

The officers and privates were supposed to be strictly "incommunicado," but even these found means of communication.

So I did translate and they wanted to know if Marina was held incommunicado, and she answered.

I get the impression that The Brain keeps incommunicado purposely.

If we could have, we'd have even Introverted the Maintainer, broken all the ties that bind us, chanced it incommunicado.

How terrible it is one cannot realize until he has known those whose dear ones are confined incommunicado within that prison.

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