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discommodity

[ dis-kuh-mod-i-tee ]
/ ˌdɪs kəˈmɒd ɪ ti /
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noun, plural dis·com·mod·i·ties.Archaic.
inconvenience; disadvantageousness.
a source of inconvenience or trouble; disadvantage.
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Origin of discommodity

First recorded in 1505–15; dis-1 + commodity
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How to use discommodity in a sentence

  • The commodities of free extemporate prayers, and the discommodity of prescribed or set forms, are these following.

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  • To preuent which discommodity, one of the best remedies is the sufficient and fit distance of trees.

British Dictionary definitions for discommodity

discommodity
/ (ˌdɪskəˈmɒdɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties
economics a commodity without utility
archaic the state or a source of inconvenience
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