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undercommunication

undercommunication noun: too little communication.

Noun

undercommunication (uncountable)

  1. Too little communication.
    • Where communication is concerned, both overcommunication and undercommunication are undesirable. […] Undercommunication leads to no understanding or a misunderstanding on the receiver's part.2022, William Singleton, Musings on Leadership: It's for Everyone and Everywhere in Life, PQA United, →ISBN, page 118

Antonyms of undercommunication

Origin of undercommunication

From under- + communication.

Questions about undercommunication

What does undercommunication mean?
Undercommunication means too little communication.
What part of speech is undercommunication?
Undercommunication is a noun.

Words near undercommunication in the dictionary

  1. undercommitting
  2. undercommunicate
  3. undercommunicated
  4. undercommunicates
  5. undercommunicating
  6. undercommunication
  7. undercompensate
  8. undercompensated
  9. undercompensates
  10. undercompensating
  11. undercompensation

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