noncommunicating

adjective

non·​com·​mu·​ni·​cat·​ing ˌnän-kə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌkā-tiŋ 

variants or non-communicating

: not communicating: such as

a

: unable or not tending to communicate information, thoughts, or feelings

noncommunicating patients

Communicating groups managed the resource significantly more effectively than did noncommunicating groups.

—Darwyn E. Linder

b

: not allowing passage from one to another

two separate, noncommunicating compartments

Word History

First Known Use

1691, in the meaning defined above