discommodity

[ dis-kuh-mod-i-tee ]
/ ˌdɪs kəˈmɒd ɪ ti /
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noun, plural dis·com·mod·i·ties. Archaic.

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

Origin of discommodity

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

Words nearby discommodity

discomfiture, discomfort, discomfortable, discommend, discommode, discommodity, discommon, discompose, discomposure, discomycete, discomycota

Words related to discommodity

bar, burden, defect, deficiency, deprivation, detriment, disability, drawback, failing, fault, flaw, hamper, handicap, hardship, hindrance, impediment, imperfection, imposition, inadequacy, inconvenience

Example sentences from the Web for discommodity

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

    A Christian Directory |Baxter Richard

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

    A New Orchard And Garden |William Lawson

British Dictionary definitions for discommodity

discommodity
/ (ˌdɪskəˈmɒdɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

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