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
Moreover, the bonds were apparently of some broad, soft substance like sacking or harness webbing, so that, after Bob had moved from his constrained position, they did not excessively discommode him.
From The Rules of the Game by Stewart Edward White
Just like that; very politely, "Don't discommode yourself."
From Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy by Edmund Gosse
I objected, for I did not wish to discommode him in the least and told him a good bed could be fixed in the mess wagon.
From Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events by H. DeF. Patterson
I trust my singing did not discommode you.
From Second Plays by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne
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
After its long lodgment, during which the subject was little discommoded, it finally came out by the palatine arch.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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
It was impossible to do this without discommoding the legs of the company and annoying them beyond measure.
From The Blue Pavilions by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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