incommodity
- noun
- Archaic
- Despite its many benefits, the new system introduced a few unexpected incommodities.
Examples
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His lack of experience became an incommodity during the interview.
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The heavy traffic was a major incommodity for commuters.
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The lack of parking spaces was a serious incommodity for visitors to the museum.
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He found the unreliable internet connection to be a daily incommodity while working from home.
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The new regulations created an incommodity for small business owners, making it harder for them to operate.
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Many students faced an incommodity when the school refused to provide transportation for after-school activities.
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Living in a remote area can be an incommodity due to the lack of essential services and facilities.
Synonyms
A thing that causes trouble or discomfort
A situation when something is inconvenient and uncomfortable to use
Something that makes a task or journey harder
Antonyms
How Problematic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Incommodity begins with in- meaning 'not' and uses commodity, an old word for 'convenience' or a 'useful thing', the same root you see in comfortable. So an incommodity is simply something 'not convenient', a disadvantage or trouble.