noncommunicating
adjective
(alsonon-communicating)uk/ˌnɒn.kəˈmjuː.nɪ.keɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˌnɑːn.kəˈmjuː.nə.keɪ.t̬ɪŋ/noncommunicatingadjective(NOT SPEAKING)
notsharinginformationwithothersbyspeaking, writing,movingyourbody, or using othersignals:
She isstudyingbrainscansof noncommunicatingchildren.
Thescientistsdiscussedhow tosearchfor non-communicatingalienlife.
- Iwanttodiscoverwhatseparatesthecommunicatingchildfrom the noncommunicatingchild.
- It is hard tomediatebetween two noncommunicatingpeople.
Communicating & keeping in touch
- backchannel
- bell
- call back
- callsomeoneup
- catchup
- communication
- communicator
- correspond
- drop
- hear
- liaison
- mute
- pick up the phoneidiom
- propagation
- radio silence
- rapporteur
- reach out (tosomeone)
- recontact
- touch
- transmit
noncommunicatingadjective(NOT CONNECTED)
Noncommunicating things orpartsof things have noconnectionthatallowsyou to godirectlyfrom one into the other:
They canbreakthereservoirsofoilinto noncommunicatingsections.
Thereactionoccursin two non-communicatingareasof thecell.
- Scientists havestudiedthebrainas if it werecomposedofseparateand noncommunicatingcompartments.
- Thereservoiris like acakecomposedofseparate, noncommunicatinglayers.
- There may be aninfinitenumberof non-communicatingparalleluniverses.
Isolating and separating
- at one/this etc. removeidiom
- Brexit
- compartmentalization
- compartmentalize
- conesomethingoff
- disengage
- estrangement
- free-floating
- hard Brexitidiom
- insulation
- insulator
- ropesomething/somewhereoff
- screensomethingoff
- seclude
- segregate
- self-isolation
- wrench
- wrenching
- zonal
- zonally