discommode
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of discommode
First recorded in 1650–60; from French discommoder, equivalent to dis- dis- 1 + -commoder, verbal derivative of commode “convenient”; see commode
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"Our theory," explains Rich, "is that 95% of the people are honest, and we're not going to discommode 95 people to root out the other five."
From Time Magazine Archive
The boys shouted to their animals, who flew across the plain as though the snow did not discommode them in the least.
From The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Every change does discommode some class or classes of persons, and part of the opposition to specific changes comes from those whom they would adversely affect.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Irwin Edman
Then he said, with a clearly modulated and rather mincing articulation: 'Would it discommode you to contribute elsewhere a coin with a somewhat different superscription?'
From The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Gentlemen, I am sorry to discommode you, but I have orders to intercept all persons entering the city, and hold them until they can satisfactorily account for themselves.
From The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, by Allan Pinkerton
Blatter had false money thrown at him and he looked most discommoded.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2015
He pointed out that Twitter had been "overflowing with discommoded Labour party supporters" who had sealed off their letterboxes to avoid receiving the Sun's free issue.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2014
Among other "problems" which discommoded Mr. Taft in the White House was the postal problem.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tansy was momentarily discommoded at the sight of Glenn.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
The Emperor, though ill and discommoded on horseback by a local trouble, had never been in a better humor than on that day.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
It enacts the experience, purposefully discommoding that part of the audience that has long expected plays to gratify their emotional pleasures and endorse their sense of moral righteousness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2020
But a quota cut, while damaging Cuba's economy and discommoding Castro, might seem a petty action for a great power, and probably an ineffective one as well.
From Time Magazine Archive
The U.S. has only about 8% of its people in uniform, but it still hopes it can finish the war without seriously discommoding the remainder of its civilian population.
From Time Magazine Archive
I kept silent for fear of discommoding him.
From And Even Now by Sir Max Beerbohm
He must have been rather a discommoding guest, from a little whim he had of sleeping only on straw.
From Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood by Grace Greenwood
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