Crossword clues for incommodious
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incommodious \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 seat; an incommodious arrangement. -- In`com*mo"di*ous*ly, adv. -- In`com*mo"di*ous*ness, n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + commodious. Related: Incommodiously. A verb, incommode, is attested from late 16c.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context of a place occupied by people English) uncomfortable or inhospitable, especially due to being cramped. 2 discomfort, inconvenient, or unsuitable.
WordNet
adj. uncomfortably or inconveniently small; "incommodious hotel accommodations" [ant: commodious]
Usage examples of "incommodious".
If you be inclin'd to swim more at Liberty, and with more Warmth, there is a Bath in the Court, and near it a Well, from whence you may be cool'd with fresh Water, if the warm be incommodious.
The soil is then turned up by manual labour, with an instrument called a crooked spade, of a form and weight which to me appeared very incommodious, and would perhaps be soon improved in a country where workmen could be easily found and easily paid.