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uncommunicativeness - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
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Examples
Lots of folks grumble about the diffidence, self-absorption and general uncommunicativeness of Generation Y.
Why Gen-Y Johnny Can't Read Nonverbal Cues 2009
At breakfast next morning Fanny plied him with questions and was furious at his cool uncommunicativeness .
Fanny Herself Edna Ferber 1926
At breakfast next morning Fanny plied him with questions and was furious at his cool uncommunicativeness .
Fanny Herself 1917
But to the last she retained something of her son's unresponsiveness, and an uncommunicativeness which tagged his as hereditary.
Many Kingdoms Elizabeth Garver Jordan 1907
Nicolovius's haughty aloofness, his rigid uncommunicativeness , his grand ducal bearing and the fact that he paid eighteen dollars a week for a suite had of course made him a man of mark and mystery in the boarding-house, and in the romancings of Miss Miller he had figured as nearly everything from a fugitive crown prince to a retired counterfeiter.
Queed Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905
Alan's uncommunicativeness extended below the level of speech, and his mother, reduced to the helplessness of dead-reckoning, had not even the solace of adapting her sympathy to his needs.
The Quicksand 1902
Dr. Lavendar did not notice his uncommunicativeness ; he had his own preoccupations.
The Awakening of Helena Richie Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901
A mystery enveloped his beauty, his uncommunicativeness .
The Grey Cloak Harold MacGrath 1901
Alan's uncommunicativeness extended below the level of speech, and his mother, reduced to the helplessness of dead-reckoning, had not even the solace of adapting her sympathy to his needs.
The Descent of Man and Other Stories Edith Wharton 1899
And having thus revenged herself for her colleague's uncommunicativeness , she went her way.
The Privet Hedge J. E. Buckrose 1899
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