discommode
/ˌdɪskəˈməʊd
/verb [with object] formal
Cause (someone) trouble or inconvenience: I am sorry to have discommoded you...
- He said that while he was extremely relieved that no device was found, it was appalling that patients were discommoded and upset in this way.
- We obviously do not want to discommode people, and I understand their reaction to a degree, but the other gates of the park are open.
- We don't want, in any way, to discommode people.
Derivatives
discommodious
- But there are those other people who prefer the Truth, however untidy and discommodious it may be.
- A precocious big sister enumerates the discommodious nature of babyhood in this sassy tale.
- In addition, the assembling operation is discommodious by the use of the additional part.
discommodity
- Whyever a man would choose to put his life at risk and venture out into the perilous discommodity of a frozen wilderness as an occupation is beyond my understanding.
- Those teeth, which are atypical are more difficult to clean, they are under greater strain therefore they can be loosened and lost sooner, while possibly causing aesthetic discommodity.
- Given the impact of one's decisions on a wider group of people, oughtn't government intervene to prevent that wider discommodity?
Origin
Early 18th century: from obsolete French discommoder, variant of incommoder (see incommode).