unforthcoming
English
Etymology
un- + forthcoming
Adjective
unforthcoming (comparative more unforthcoming, superlative most unforthcoming)
- Not forthcoming; laconic or uncooperative
- The coach's manner was dour and unforthcoming.
- The leaders of the Wall Cult seem to be aware of the truth, but remain wholly unforthcoming.
- 1866 April 7, The Musical World, volume 44, page 225:
- Madame Sinico is a substitute for the expected but unforthcoming Mdlle. Lichtmay.
- 1882, William Edwards Tirebuck, Dante Gabriel Rossetti: His Work and Influence : Including a Brief Survey of Recent Art Tendencies:
- He also happened in time to have, as a result of his greatness, an inner circle of worshipping and influential friends who could at odd moments whet the public appetite for some unforthcoming work of their caged genius.
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