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
An air of breathlessness about Rachel seemed to discommode her friends.
From Erik Dorn by Ben Hecht
"I never went there, and being a loyal British Presence, I should hesitate very strongly before I would discommode the Royal family."
From Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile by John Kendrick Bangs
Lay it across the saddle in front, where its weight will not discommode you.
From The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux by Edward Sylvester Ellis
"Yet not so far aside as to discommode any one," responded Mason.
From From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services by William M. (William Makepeace) Thayer
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
For which he received payment in the permission to pass that night without being discommoded by the chain.
From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Mayne Reid
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
I am, through his Majesty's goodness, directed to allow you liberty to carry off your money and household goods, as many as you can, without discommoding the vessels you go in.'
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
My respects to Borlan when you see him, and tell him I beg his pardon for discommoding him.
From Romance of California Life by John Habberton
