incommunicado adj : without the means or right to communicate; "a prisoner held incommunicado"; "incommunicado political detainees"

English

Etymology

From incomunicado "incommunicado", with spelling influenced by that of such English words as communicate.

Adjective

1. In a state or condition in which one is unable or unwilling to communicate.
   • 2007, "Dreadful news awaits housemate", Times Online, London, 25 May (retrieved 29 June 2007),

     The father of a woman living in the incommunicado world of the Big Brother house in Australia has died but his daughter has not been told.

Adverb

1. In a manner in which communication with outsiders is not possible, for either voluntary or involuntary reasons, especially due to confinement or reclusiveness.
   • 2004, Ben Westhoff, "Making Traks," Riverfront Times, St. Louis MO, 7 Apr,

     The Starz seem most comfortable when they're in the studio, where they can work incommunicado.

References

• "incommunicado" in Compact Oxford English Dictionary, © Oxford University Press, 2007.
• Dictionary.com
• "incommunicado" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Alex Smoke - Incommunicado

Label: Soma Quality Recordings

Country: UK

Released: 07 Mar 2005

Genre: Electronic

Style: Techno, Minimal

Track listing

1. "Intro" - 0:32
2. "6am" - 6:06
3. "lost in sound" - 5:28
4. "no consequence" - 6:26
5. "don't see the point" - 5:20
6. "jah future" - 6:26
7. "ok" - 6:45
8. "chica wappa" - 7:05
9. "nuance" - 2:51
10. "ditto" - 3:42
11. "brians lung" - 5:07
12. "passing through" - 4:29
13. "recess" - 3:54

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