incommodious

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌɪnkəˈmoʊdiəs/ UK /ˌɪnkəˈməʊdiəs/ See IPA manual

Freq #280550

Meanings

1

adj
uncomfortably or inconveniently small

incommodious hotel accommodations
2

adj
Uncomfortable or inhospitable, especially due to being cramped or small, narrow, etc.

Tellson's Bank by Temple Bar was an old-fashioned place, even in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty. It was very small, very dark, very ugly, very incommodious.
3

adj
Discomforting, inconvenient, or disagreeable.

He was ſometimes ſo far compaſſionated by thoſe who knew both his merit and diſtreſſes, that they received him into their famillies, but they ſoon diſovered him to be a very incommodious inmate; […]
4

adj
Troublesome; difficult to deal with.

In the time of this Commodus, although hee was an incommodious prince to the ſenators of Rome, yet notwithstanding there was ſome quietneſſe univerſally through the whole church of Christ from percefution, by what occaſion it is not certaine.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

3 adj · discomforting,... annoying incommode troublesome

Word family

Forms incommodiousness

Derived forms incommodiouslyincommodiousness

Related forms incommodeincommodity

Etymology

From in- + commodious. Compare Latin incommodus.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# incommodious

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪnkəˈmoʊdiəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɪnkəˈməʊdiəs/
**Frequency rank:** 280550

## Meanings
1. uncomfortably or inconveniently small
2. Uncomfortable or inhospitable, especially due to being cramped or small, narrow, etc.
3. Discomforting, inconvenient, or disagreeable.
4. Troublesome; difficult to deal with.

## Examples
- incommodious hotel accommodations
- Tellson's Bank by Temple Bar was an old-fashioned place, even in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty. It was very small, very dark, very ugly, very incommodious.
- He was ſometimes ſo far compaſſionated by thoſe who knew both his merit and diſtreſſes, that they received him into their famillies, but they ſoon diſovered him to be a very incommodious inmate; […]
- In the time of this Commodus, although hee was an incommodious prince to the ſenators of Rome, yet notwithstanding there was ſome quietneſſe univerſally through the whole church of Christ from percefution, by what occaſion it is not certaine.

## Derived Forms
- incommodiously
- incommodiousness

## Related Forms
- incommode
- incommodity

## Etymology
From in- + commodious. Compare Latin incommodus.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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