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incommodious

[ in-kuh-moh-dee-uh s ]

/ ˌɪn kəˈmoʊ di əs /

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adjective

inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room; uncomfortable: incommodious hotel accommodations.

Origin of incommodious

First recorded in 1545–55; in-³ + commodious

OTHER WORDS FROM incommodious

in·com·mo·di·ous·ly, adverb in·com·mo·di·ous·ness, noun

Words nearby incommodious

incomes policy, incoming, incommensurable, incommensurate, incommode, incommodious, incommodity, incommunicable, incommunicado, incommunicative, incommutable

Example sentences from the Web for incommodious

Sometimes it is in a state of incommodious inaction; sometimes it is the sport of the alternate shocks it undergoes.

The System of Nature, Volume 1 |Paul Henri Thiery (Baron D'Holbach)
Much talent and still more jollity were wasted in that incommodious gallery.

Maximina |Armando Palacio Valds
It is, besides, incommodious for frequent study, and a very expensive and bulky way of making an herbarium.

Flowers and Flower-Gardens |David Lester Richardson
The temperature is high, and it would no doubt at first be incommodious.

Arrows of Freethought |George W. Foote

The best are kept by Frenchmen, though even those are incommodious and expensive.

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests |J. J. von Tschudi

British Dictionary definitions for incommodious

incommodious

/ (ˌɪnkəˈməʊdɪəs) /

adjective

insufficiently spacious; cramped

troublesome or inconvenient

Derived forms of incommodious

incommodiously, adverb incommodiousness, noun