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uncommunication

uncommunication noun: absence of communication.

Noun

uncommunication (uncountable)

  1. Absence of communication.
    • This includes not only their plastic capacity as puns, and the oddnesses residing in the names for food, foliage and products — for instance, the fact that probably no bachelor ever wore the flowers called “bachelor buttons,” or that a fabric’s neutral hue can be awarded names as various as pigeon...2009 August 30, Jonathan Lethem, “Eyes Wide Open”, in New York Times

Origin of uncommunication

From un- + communication.

Questions about uncommunication

What does uncommunication mean?
Uncommunication means absence of communication.
What part of speech is uncommunication?
Uncommunication is a noun.

Words near uncommunication in the dictionary

  1. uncommunicable
  2. uncommunicableness
  3. uncommunicably
  4. uncommunicated
  5. uncommunicating
  6. uncommunication
  7. uncommunicative
  8. uncommunicatively
  9. uncommunicativeness
  10. uncommunist
  11. uncommunistic

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