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incoˈmmodiousness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being incommodious; inconvenience, incommodity. Also with pl., An inconvenience.
1624Donne Serm. V. cxxx. 330 If Abraham had any such doubts..of an Incommodiousness in so troublesome a Seal, of a Needlessness in so impertinent a Seal. 1640Sanderson Serm. II. 175 God hath so tempered the things of this world, that every commodity hath some incommodiousness, and every conveniency some inconvenience attending the same. a1713T. Ellwood Autobiog. (1765) 151 The Incommodiousness of the Place wherein he was kept, may have occasioned his Death. 1854Chamb. Jrnl. I. 257 Bearing..evils altogether beyond masculine philosophy—even, it may be, incommodiousnesses that threaten health, nay, life itself. 1859Dickens T. Two Cities ii. i, The partners in the House were proud of its smallness..proud of its ugliness, and proud of its incommodiousness. |