incommunicado

[ in-kuh-myoo-ni-kah-doh ]

/ ˌɪn kəˌmyu nɪˈkɑ doʊ /

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adjective

(especially of a prisoner) deprived of any communication with others.

Origin of incommunicado

1835–45, Americanism;<Spanish incomunicado.See in-³, communicate

Words nearby incommunicado

incommode, incommodious, incommodity, in common, incommunicable, incommunicado, incommunicative, incommutable, incompact, incomparable, incompatible

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Example sentences from the Web for incommunicado

The head of al Qaeda was hiding but he was not incommunicado.
Abbottabad Documents Reveal Osama’s High Hopes for Obama Assassination|Bruce Riedel|May 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
If you want to be incommunicado for days on end, become an insurance agent, not a governor.
Sanford's Dereliction of Duty Trumps His Hypocrisy|Paul Begala|June 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He left town without telling even his wife where he was going and was incommunicado for several days.
Runaway Governor: The Sequel|Kathleen Parker|June 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
If we could have, we'd have even Introverted the Maintainer, broken all the ties that bind us, chanced it incommunicado.
The Big Time|Fritz Reuter Leiber

I really was incommunicado so far as the outside world was concerned.
The Road|Jack London
The officers and privates were supposed to be strictly "incommunicado," but even these found means of communication.
History of Kershaw's Brigade|D. Augustus Dickert

British Dictionary definitions for incommunicado

incommunicado

/ (ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ) /

adverb, adjective

(postpositive) deprived of communication with other people, as while in solitary confinement

Word Origin for incommunicado

C19: from Spanish incomunicado, from incomunicar to deprive of communication; see in- 1, communicate

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单词	incommunicado
释义	incommunicado [ in-kuh-myoo-ni-kah-doh ] / ˌɪn kəˌmyu nɪˈkɑ doʊ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR incommunicado ON THESAURUS.COM adjective (especially of a prisoner) deprived of any communication with others. Origin of incommunicado 1835–45, Americanism;<Spanish incomunicado.See in-³, communicate Words nearby incommunicado incommode, incommodious, incommodity, in common, incommunicable, incommunicado, incommunicative, incommutable, incompact, incomparable, incompatible Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for incommunicado The head of al Qaeda was hiding but he was not incommunicado. Abbottabad Documents Reveal Osama’s High Hopes for Obama Assassination\|Bruce Riedel\|May 5, 2012\|DAILY BEAST If you want to be incommunicado for days on end, become an insurance agent, not a governor. Sanford's Dereliction of Duty Trumps His Hypocrisy\|Paul Begala\|June 24, 2009\|DAILY BEAST He left town without telling even his wife where he was going and was incommunicado for several days. Runaway Governor: The Sequel\|Kathleen Parker\|June 23, 2009\|DAILY BEAST If we could have, we'd have even Introverted the Maintainer, broken all the ties that bind us, chanced it incommunicado. The Big Time\|Fritz Reuter Leiber I really was incommunicado so far as the outside world was concerned. The Road\|Jack London The officers and privates were supposed to be strictly "incommunicado," but even these found means of communication. History of Kershaw's Brigade\|D. Augustus Dickert British Dictionary definitions for incommunicado incommunicado / (ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ) / adverb, adjective (postpositive) deprived of communication with other people, as while in solitary confinement Word Origin for incommunicado C19: from Spanish incomunicado, from incomunicar to deprive of communication; see in- 1, communicate Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to incommunicado isolated, secluded, sequestered
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incommunicado

adjective

Origin of incommunicado

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British Dictionary definitions for incommunicado

adverb, adjective

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