incommode

verb

ˌin-kə-ˈmōd How to pronounce incommode (audio)
Definition of incommodenext
as in to weigh
to cause discomfort to or trouble for the innkeeper tried to hide how much the request incommoded them

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Recent Examples of incommode All were booked on charges of crowding, obstructing, or incommoding at the offices. — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 16 Jan. 2020 They were all charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding, a spokesperson for the department told CNN. — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 10 Jan. 2020 All were charged with crowding and obstructing or incommoding, Malecki said. — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incommode
  1. weigh
  2. bother
  3. discommode
  4. disturb
  5. inconvenience
  6. trouble
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  • The city’s zoning administrator is now weighing whether to revoke the operator’s permit.
    — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Appointments to these boards generally happen in the beginning of each calendar year and are at the discretion of the Sacramento mayor who weighs councilmember preferences and workload.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of weigh
Verb
  • In Levittown, the cost-cutting builders at first hadn’t even bothered with tanks and had installed cesspools instead—three decades later, the suburb’s sewer system was still under construction.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Professionally, Bernat didn’t bother to answer a Florida Department of Health administrative complaint detailing the charges in the Alzheimer patient’s case.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of bother
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  • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen were similarly discommoded at mealtime in public settings.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
Definition of discommode
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  • Baldwin alleged that decision was just one part of a pattern of disturbing prosecutorial abuses, including presenting false information to the grand jury, failing to disclose two firearms reports, and filing an unlawful gun enhancement.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • But the death of Khamenei eliminated the regime’s paramount figure, disturbing the existing balance, and the war is systematically privileging the parts of the state responsible for survival over everything else.
    — Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of disturb
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  • Chatfield asked the Los Angeles Times in 1997 in response to criticism from community members and some local officials who pegged his nonprofit as inconveniencing residents by helping homeless people.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The data showed that 37 percent of those polled said a retailer’s omnichannel operations such as on-demand delivery and curbside pickup have inconvenienced them.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of inconvenience
Verb
  • But the equity market’s rise this year has been driven primarily by just a few sectors, which troubles some analysts.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
  • That is why as a mother of three Naperville School District 203 children, I am troubled by the district’s new transportation plan.
    — Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of trouble

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