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Dictionary: in·com·mode   (ĭn'kə-mōd') pronunciation
tr.v., -mod·ed, -mod·ing, -modes.
To cause to be inconvenienced; disturb.

[French incommoder, from Old French, from Latin incommodāre, from incommodus, inconvenient : in-, not; see in-1 + commodus, convenient; see commodious.]


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(in-kuh-MOD)

verb tr.
To inconvenience.

Etymology
From Latin incommodus (inconvenient), ultimately from the Indo-European root med- (to take appropriate measures) that is also the source of medicine, modern, modify, modest, and modulate

Usage
"CCTV cameras are regrettable exigencies in unstable times. The only innocent people they incommode are the poor devils who have to sift through the footage." — Howard Jacobson; Thanks to New Labour, We Can Say Goodbye to Our Civil Liberties -- and Polish Potatoes; The Independent (London, UK); Jun 16, 2007.


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verb

    To cause inconvenience for: discomfort, discommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble. See comfort/discomfort.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
  Synonyms: trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, bother


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - ulejlige, volde besvær

Nederlands (Dutch)
last bezorgen, irriteren

Français (French)
v. tr. - incommoder (sout), gêner

Deutsch (German)
v. - belästigen, behindern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ξεβολεύω

Italiano (Italian)
incomodare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - incomodar

Русский (Russian)
беспокоить, мешать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - incomodar, molestar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - besvära, komma olägligt för, oroa, hindra

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使感不便, 妨碍, 添麻烦

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使感不便, 妨礙, 添麻煩

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 불편을 느끼게 하다, 방해하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 不便を感じさせる, 迷惑をかける, じゃまする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يزعج, يضايق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮גרם אי-נעימות, הכביד על, הפריע‬


 
 
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