incommodious

  • 1Incommodious — In com*mo di*ous, a. [Pref. in not + commodious: cf. LL. incommodious, L. incommodus, F. incommode.] Tending to incommode; not commodious; not affording ease or advantage; unsuitable; giving trouble; inconvenient; annoying; as, an incommodious… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2incommodious — index undesirable, unsuitable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3incommodious — (adj.) 1550s, from IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + COMMODIOUS (Cf. commodious). Related: Incommodiously. A verb, incommode, is attested from late 16c …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4incommodious — [in΄kə mō′dē əs] adj. [ IN 2 + COMMODIOUS] 1. causing inconvenience; uncomfortable; troublesome 2. inconveniently small, narrow, etc. incommodiously adv. incommodiousness n …

    English World dictionary

  • 5incommodious — adjective Date: 1551 not commodious ; inconvenient < could sleep in the most incommodious places > • incommodiously adverb • incommodiousness noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 6incommodious — incommodiously, adv. incommodiousness, n. /in keuh moh dee euhs/, adj. inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room; uncomfortable: incommodious hotel accommodations. [1545 55; IN 3 + COMMODIOUS] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 7incommodious — adjective uncomfortable or inconvenient …

    Wiktionary

  • 8incommodious — Synonyms and related words: angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal, awkward, circumscribed, close, close fitting, clumsy, confined, constricted, cramp, cramped, crowded, discommodious, incapacious, inconvenient, isthmian,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 9incommodious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. uncomfortable, troublesome, inconvenient, cramped; see awkward 2 , disturbing . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Causing difficulty, trouble, or discomfort: difficult, inconvenient, troublesome. See COMFORT …

    English dictionary for students

  • 10incommodious —   …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors