uncommunicative

uncommunicative
/un'keuh myooh"ni keuh tiv, -kay'tiv/, adj.
not inclined to talk or disclose information; reserved; taciturn.
[1685-95; UN-1 + COMMUNICATIVE]
Syn. reticent, withdrawn, retiring, shy.

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