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incommodity

[ in-kuh-mod-i-tee ]

/ ˌɪn kəˈmɒd ɪ ti /

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noun, plural in·com·mod·i·ties.

disadvantage; inconvenience.

Origin of incommodity

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

Words nearby incommodity

incoming, incommensurable, incommensurate, incommode, incommodious, incommodity, incommunicable, incommunicado, incommunicative, incommutable, incompact

Example sentences from the Web for incommodity

Johnson stayed at Edinburgh for a fortnight and then returned to London "without any incommodity, danger, or weariness."

The Story of Doctor Johnson |S. C. (Sydney Castle) Roberts
At this particular time, by reason of the incommodity of the house, the rite was performed at the door of the domicile.

History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present |Peter Charles Remondino
I reached the Euston Station as dusty as an old ledger, but with no other "incommodity."

George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3) |George Eliot
I gave you the incommodity of coming to see me not openly discuss en pleine sale.'

The Chaplet of Pearls |Charlotte M. Yonge

What a clap of thunder to Excellency Hanbury; his masterpiece found suddenly a superfluity, an incommodity!

History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVII. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for incommodity

incommodity

/ (ˌɪnkəˈmɒdɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

a less common word for inconvenience