incommodity
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of incommodity
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Latin word incommoditās. See incommode, -ity
Example Sentences
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What a clap of thunder to Excellency Hanbury; his masterpiece found suddenly a superfluity, an incommodity!
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 17 by Carlyle, Thomas
He could cease to think of them only when he ceased to think of his loss and privation, and the days had as yet but scantily lightened the weight of this incommodity.
From The American by James, Henry
In so far, however, as Hawthorne suffered the penalties of celebrity at the hands of intrusive fellow-citizens, he was soon to escape from this honourable incommodity.
From Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) by James, Henry
And had I not found incommodity there, I had not forsaken it at all; but finding it altogether unsuitable to me, and very unprofitable for me, I forsook it for this way.
From Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Whyte, Alexander
Howbeit, I purpose now to consider first imprisonment as imprisonment alone, without any other incommodity besides.
From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Stevens, Monica
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