incommunicable
pronunciation
How to pronounce incommunicable in British English:
UK ['ɪnkə'mju:nɪkəbl]
How to pronounce incommunicable in American English:
US [ˌɪnkə'mjunɪkəbəl]
Word Origin
- incommunicable (adj.)
- 1560s, "not communicative," from in- (1) "not" + communicable. Sense of "not able to be communicated" first recorded 1570s. Related: Incommunicably.
Example
- 1. Free will is essentially incommunicable .
- 2. Give an example of a communicable and incommunicable attribute of god .
- 3. The central controlling idea is the unique , incommunicable , indivisible , transcendent nature of the singular divine being .
- 4. The barber could not bear to keep this incommunicable secret .
- 5. An executive who was virtually incommunicable .