discommodiousnessn.
/ˌdɪskəˈməʊdɪəsnəs/, U.S. /ˌdɪskəˈmoʊdiəsnəs/ Now rare.
The quality of being discommodious; inconvenience; unsuitability; disadvantage. Also: an inconvenience.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > disadvantageousness > [noun]
discommoditya1535
inconveniency1552
discommodiousness1579
discommodious1583
inexpedience1608
inexpediency1641
disadvantageousness1650
inconvenience1653
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inconvenience > [noun]
incommodity?a1475
discommoditya1535
inconveniency1552
disconvenience1556
discommodiousness1579
discommodious1583
disconveniency1601
incommodiousnessa1631
ill-conveniency1653
inconvenience1653
disaccommodationa1676
bovver1883
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 32 The discommodiousnes of the place, where was neither grounde..to flye, nor yet any space for any longe chase.
1637 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 90 We..begin to find those discommodiousnesses and incumbrances which before we never thought of.
1675 J. Ogilby Britannia 186 The Discommodiousness of the Harbor is a great Occasion of its not being well-frequented.
1748 C. Brown Itinerarium Novi Testamenti 43 Arbona, where the Children of Israel weeped for the Discommodiousness of the Place.
1927 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 15 Oct. 3/6 There will be a month or so of doing business over wooden counters..but that will only be a minor discommodiousness.
2009 J. Grogan Exemplary Spenser ii. 89 The porter to Orgoglio's castle..is an ‘old old man’... His spiritual ignorance, never mind his earthly discommodiousness, is epitomised by his ‘vntoward pace’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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