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unaccommodatingness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ʌnəˈkɒmədeɪtɪŋnəs/ (UK)

Etymology

From unaccommodating + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality or fact of being unaccommodating; intractability.
    • Certainly 'Martha', 'Cornelius Katie' and 'Llwyd' are agreed in their determination to illustrate the harsh unaccommodatingness of life to children. 1986, Richard Poole, Richard Hughes: Novelist, page 113:
    • I want to feel your capacity to resist me, your unaccommodatingness. 2012, Katherine Angel, Unmastered, Penguin, published 2014, page 36: