Incommunicado
adjective
Not allowed or unable to communicate with others, often due to being in a remote location or imprisonment.
The prisoner has been held incommunicado by authorities for more than a week.
Often appears as...
- held incommunicado
- remain incommunicado
adverb
In a way that does not allow or involves communication with others.
After he left his job, he lived incommunicado in a rural area.
Often appears as...
- live incommunicado
- go incommunicado
adjective
Not allowed or unable to communicate with others, often due to being in a remote location or imprisonment.
The prisoner has been held incommunicado by authorities for more than a week.
Often appears as...
- held incommunicado
- remain incommunicado
adverb
In a way that does not allow or involves communication with others.
After he left his job, he lived incommunicado in a rural area.
Often appears as...
- live incommunicado
- go incommunicado
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Privacy Extremes
Indicates total privacy, often enforced or not by choice, reflecting a serious situation.
The witness was kept incommunicado to protect her identity.
Pro Tip 2/3Emphasizing Isolation
Stresses the state of being completely isolated from outside contact.
He was incommunicado during his time at the remote outpost.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotations
Carries a negative feeling, often suggesting loneliness or distress.
Family members were worried when she was incommunicado for days.
Pro Tip 1/3Privacy Extremes
Indicates total privacy, often enforced or not by choice, reflecting a serious situation.
The witness was kept incommunicado to protect her identity.
Pro Tip 2/3Emphasizing Isolation
Stresses the state of being completely isolated from outside contact.
He was incommunicado during his time at the remote outpost.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotations
Carries a negative feeling, often suggesting loneliness or distress.
Family members were worried when she was incommunicado for days.
Pro Tip 1/3Privacy Extremes
Indicates total privacy, often enforced or not by choice, reflecting a serious situation.
The witness was kept incommunicado to protect her identity.
Pro Tip 2/3Emphasizing Isolation
Stresses the state of being completely isolated from outside contact.
He was incommunicado during his time at the remote outpost.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotations
Carries a negative feeling, often suggesting loneliness or distress.
Family members were worried when she was incommunicado for days.
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Quote examples
Glenn Greenwald
American Journalist
Whistleblowers are typically rendered incommunicado, either because they're in hiding, or advised by their lawyers to stay silent, or imprisoned. As a result, the public hears only about them, but never from them, which makes their demonization virtually inevitable.
Quote examples
Glenn Greenwald
American Journalist
Whistleblowers are typically rendered incommunicado, either because they're in hiding, or advised by their lawyers to stay silent, or imprisoned. As a result, the public hears only about them, but never from them, which makes their demonization virtually inevitable.
Example 1 of 1
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