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incommodious

[ in-kuh-moh-dee-uhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room; uncomfortable:
incommodious hotel accommodations.

incommodious

/ ˌɪnkəˈməʊdɪəs /

First recorded in 1545–55; in- ³ + commodious

It makes but a mean Appearance, and the Apartments are low, incommodious, and very much exposed to the Sun.

The temperature is high, and it would no doubt at first be incommodious.

Were it not for such accidents, from their great fecundity, they would be extremely incommodious to farmers.

The wharfs, with which our first practical acquaintance with the city commenced, are very narrow and incommodious.

The palais is one of the worst kept possible—the most incommodious, and the most dirty; the maison de ville is still worse.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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