in·commodity \|in+\noun Etymology: Middle English incommodite, from Middle French incommodité, from Latin incommoditat-, incommoditas, from incommodus + -itat-, -itas -ity 1.obsolete: the quality or state of being incommodious 2.: something that causes inconvenience, annoyance, or discomfort — usually used in plural < an inconvenient, ill-balanced house … its unsuitability as a public building is intensified by such incommodities — Claud Phillimore >