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incommunicable adjective [ ɪnkəˈmjuːnɪkəb(ə)l ]

• not able to be communicated to others.
• "the pain of separation took the form of an incommunicable depression"
Similar: indescribable, inexpressible, unutterable, unspeakable, undefinable, ineffable, beyond words, beyond description, overwhelming, intense, profound,
Origin: mid 16th century (in the sense ‘incommunicative’): from late Latin incommunicabilis ‘not to be imparted’, from in- ‘not’ + communicabilis (see communicable).


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