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