uncommunicative
adjective
uncommunicative is spelled U-N-C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-I-V-E: 15 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, uncommunicative means “Tending not to communicate; not communicating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in uncommunicative?
| Letters | 15: U-N-C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 110,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is uncommunicative?
Uncommunicative appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce uncommunicative?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-uncommunicative.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of uncommunicative
- more uncommunicative comparative
- most uncommunicative superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does uncommunicative mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Tending not to communicate; not communicating.
He asked and asked, but she remained silent and uncommunicative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Uncommunicative in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tending not to communicate; not communicating:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | unkommunikativ, maulfaul |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does uncommunicative come from?
From un- + communicative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).