A person who cannot be spoken to

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Is there any adjective to describe a person who cannot be spoken to ?

Alex-93 · Accepted Answer

HI,

perhaps "mute"?

Tanit · Answer

Alex-93perhaps "mute"?

[:^)] I am wondering why one couldn't talk to a person who's unable to speak ...

(PS: note: Mute: old-fashioned offensive a person who is not able to speak http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/mute_2)

Philip · Answer

incommunicado (?)

Alex-93 · Answer

Tanit
Alex-93perhaps "mute"?

I am wondering why one couldn't talk to a person who's unable to speak ...

(PS: note: Mute: old-fashioned offensive a person who is not able to speak )

Oh, you are so right Tanit

I confused them. The adjective I meant was "deaf"

ps: I didn't know that mute could be offensive or old fashioned.

Clive · Answer

Hi,

Possibly these. Possibly not.

dead?

invisible?

absent?

Much depends on why the person 'cannot be spoken to'.

Clive

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