discommodity

[ dis-kuh-mod-i-tee ]

noun

, Archaic.

, plural dis·com·mod·i·ties.

1. inconvenience; disadvantageousness.
2. a source of inconvenience or trouble; disadvantage.

discommodity

/ ˌdɪskəˈmɒdɪtɪ /

noun

1. economics a commodity without utility
2. archaic.
   the state or a source of inconvenience

Word History and Origins

Origin of discommodity¹

First recorded in 1505–15; dis- ¹ + commodity

Example Sentences

The commodities of free extemporate prayers, and the discommodity of prescribed or set forms, are these following.

From Project Gutenberg

To preuent which discommodity, one of the best remedies is the sufficient and fit distance of trees.

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