Meaning & use

Incommoding

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Causing inconvenience or discomfort to someone.

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The construction noise was incommoding residents throughout the neighborhood.

She apologized for incommoding her guests with the sudden change of plans.

A note on using this word

A formal, somewhat old-fashioned verb from French 'incommoder'; it shares a root with 'accommodate,' its near opposite.

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inconveniencingtroubling

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