incommodious
Americanadjective
adjective
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insufficiently spacious; cramped
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troublesome or inconvenient
Other Word Forms
- incommodiously adverb
- incommodiousness noun
Etymology
Origin of incommodious
First recorded in 1545–55; in- 3 + commodious
Example Sentences
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Within, the stockade was cramped, some five hundred men gathered in a small and incommodious yard between tents.
From Literature
But sitting yourself on an incommodious crate does not sound like fun.
From New York Times
The coastal landscape is pretty in a wild, incommodious way, rather like Maine.
From New York Times
What is he that can reckon all the incommodious life that the most foolish soldiers suffer in the field?
From Project Gutenberg
It was very small, very dark, very ugly, very incommodious.
From Project Gutenberg
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