Disadvantage of nonverbal communication:

No doubt, nonverbal communication helps a person a lot in conveying message more effectively but it has some drawbacks over verbal communication. Below are some disadvantage of nonverbal communication.

• Vague:  As nonverbal communication include no words so it has no dictionary meaning. Moreover it varies from culture to culture even person to person

• Continuous:  One can stop his words but it is nearly impossible to stop nonverbal clues even when it is not needed in some circumstance.

• Multi-channel:  Like Hand and eyes moments many other movement happen all together at a same time. So it is difficult to understand all together non verbal clues.

• Culture bound:  Some gestures are universal but it differs from culture to culture. Gesture can be seen as positive in one culture but may not in another culture.

• Long conversation are not possible:  In nonverbal communication, long discussions and fundamental clarification are impossible.

• Difficult to understand:  Nonverbal communication involve gestures, facial expression etc which is not clear and need repetition hence difficulty in understanding.

• Not everybody prefer:  Some people don't like using nonverbal communication. Some people think verbal communication is more effective than nonverbal communication.

• Lack of formality:  Nonverbal communication have structure neither any set of rules, so it is a kind of informal communication.

Reference:

businesscom. (2013). Advantages and disadvantages ofnon-verbal communication. Retrieved fromhttp://thebusinesscommunication.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-non-verbal-communication/#