incommunicado
[ɪnkəmjunɨˈkɑːdoʊ]
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
In a state or condition of inability or unwillingness to communicate.
adv
In a manner in which communication with outsiders is not possible, for either voluntary or involuntary reasons, especially due to confinement or reclusiveness.
Example Sentences
- "The father of a woman living in the incommunicado world of the Big Brother house in Australia has died but his daughter has not been told."
- "As the storm, described by the National Hurricane Center as “potentially catastrophic,” moved toward the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Tuesday, little could be learned about the conditions on Dominica. By early Tuesday morning, phone and internet signals on Dominica appeared to be down, leaving the island virtually incommunicado."
- "Navalny, who has been sentenced to nearly three decades in prison, disappeared from a prison in the Vladimir region near Moscow last week, and was suspected to have been transferred into a “special regime” colony, where he could be held incommunicado under Russia’s harshest prison regime for years."
- "He is believed to be holed up, incommunicado, for the fear of being assassinated by Israel. Even top government officials apparently have had no contact with him."
- "The Starz seem most comfortable when they're in the studio, where they can work incommunicado."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [ɪnkəmjunɨˈkɑːdoʊ]