discommode

"Our theory," explains Rich, "is that 95% of the people are honest, and we're not going to discommode 95 people to root out the other five."

From Time Magazine Archive

"I am afraid to discommode you, Miss Percival."

From The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware by Kate Percival

“That little gal can’t discommode any one in New Constantinople; if she would prefer to have me go out and sleep in the snow, I’ll be glad to do it.”

From A Waif of the Mountains by Edward Sylvester Ellis

"Desolated if I discommode you, monsieur," Lanyard replied with entire amiability--"but not to-night, not at least until I know those jewels have no more chance to go ashore without me."

From Alias the Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance

If you can wait till then—I mean without discomfort, without inconvenience—it will be a large accommodation to me; but I will not allow you to do this favor if it will discommode you.

From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885) by Albert Bigelow Paine

Blatter had false money thrown at him and he looked most discommoded.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2015

He pointed out that Twitter had been "overflowing with discommoded Labour party supporters" who had sealed off their letterboxes to avoid receiving the Sun's free issue.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2014

Among other "problems" which discommoded Mr. Taft in the White House was the postal problem.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tansy was momentarily discommoded at the sight of Glenn.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

This was the era of legal prohibition, but thus far Barney had not been severely discommoded by the action of the representatives of America's free institutions in Washington, for Barney knew his New York.

From Children of the Whirlwind by Leroy Scott

It enacts the experience, purposefully discommoding that part of the audience that has long expected plays to gratify their emotional pleasures and endorse their sense of moral righteousness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2020

But a quota cut, while damaging Cuba's economy and discommoding Castro, might seem a petty action for a great power, and probably an ineffective one as well.

From Time Magazine Archive

The U.S. has only about 8% of its people in uniform, but it still hopes it can finish the war without seriously discommoding the remainder of its civilian population.

From Time Magazine Archive

See to it that you also get the boys a light wagon, so that they can go to a picnic or a bee without discommoding you.

From The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future by John McGovern

I kept silent for fear of discommoding him.

From And Even Now by Sir Max Beerbohm