incommodity

[ in-kuh-mod-i-tee ]

noun

, plural in·com·mod·i·ties.

1. disadvantage; inconvenience.

incommodity

/ ˌɪnkəˈmɒdɪtɪ /

noun

1. a less common word for inconvenience

Word History and Origins

Origin of incommodity¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Latin word incommoditās. See incommode, -ity

Example Sentences

And yet I speak not of the care and thought, nor of the great labour and travail, that we must take to run about here and there to make friends; and which of us two that winneth the victory, shall be sure of more incommodity than profit.

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I sat next but one to the Bard and heard most of his talk, which was all about port wine and tobacco: he seems to know much about them, and can drink a whole bottle of port at a sitting with no incommodity.

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And here a singular incommodity befell one member of our party.

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Unless the Dauphin will take her, they say she will continue disinherited; or, if she come to her rights, it can only be by battle, to the great incommodity of the country.

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Writing from London, on his arrival, Johnson said, 'I came home last night, without any incommodity, danger, or weariness, and am ready to begin a new journey.

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