discommode
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"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
Lay it across the saddle in front, where its weight will not discommode you.
From The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
Just like that; very politely, "Don't discommode yourself."
From Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy by Gosse, Edmund
“I fear I shall discommode you:” it is better to say, incommode.
From Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected by Anonymous
Pray do not let us discommode you or your household.
From Viola Gwyn by McCutcheon, George Barr
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
By which we may gather that the seats rather discommoded than accommodated.
From The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
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
This lower paradise is but a beautified Kamtschatka, freed from discommoding hardships and cleansed of tormenting Cossacks and Russians.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
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 McGovern, John
