incommunicado
/ˌɪnkəˌmjunɪˈkɑdoʊ/
adjective
- Not able or allowed to communicate with others, especially because of being held in isolation.
- During the retreat, participants were incommunicado, with no phones or internet.
- After the scandal, the CEO went incommunicado, refusing all calls and emails.
- The prisoner was held incommunicado for three days without access to a lawyer.
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adverb
- In a state of being unable or not allowed to communicate with others.
- The team worked incommunicado to keep the project secret.
- He disappeared incommunicado for weeks, worrying his family.
- The witness was placed incommunicado to protect her safety.