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Posted by nida on February 13, 2011

Hello my MyEC friends,

 

I'm reading the book "Daddy Long Legs" by Jean Webster. In the first chapter of the book

"Blue Wednesday", there is a sentence :

 

"She could not picture the daily routine of those other human beings who carried on their lives undiscommoded by orphans."

 

I searched for the meaning of the word "UNDISCOMMODED" everywhere, but I couldn't find it anywhere.

 

If any of you knows its meaning, please tell me. I'll be very thankful to you.

 

Thanks a million in advance! ^_^

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  • nida March 5, 2011 6:23

    Thank you very much Anele, for dropping by. You're right that they have explained the word clearly.

     

    Thank you so much again for asking, dear friend! ^_^

  • nida February 27, 2011 14:48

    Thanks a lot, James shin.

     

    I highly appreciate your help and after reading the explanation written by you, I don't think that I'll ever forget the meaning of "undiscommoded" in my life.

     

    Thanks a again for your priceless help!

  • James Shin February 25, 2011 12:06

    Hi, nida!

    Firstly, you need to separate this word 'undiscommded' as to 'un' & 'discomode'.

    'un' means 'not','the reverse of','a lack of', and 'discommode' means 'Cause (someone) trouble or inconvenience' in the dictionary. However, there is a mathematical principle in this case; Negative + Negative = Positive (Affirmative). Hence, un (negative, itself), discommode (has a negative meaning as above). When you think of them together adopting the mentioned principle, it becomes 'positive' but not directly taking the meaning as positive ('convenient', 'comfort' & so on), so it's more like 'not discomforted', 'not inconvenient'

  • nida February 24, 2011 15:42
    Thanks dear Notears for dropping by... By the way I loved your comment.... It is really WOW! :D
  • nida February 13, 2011 18:04

    @ Ryszard, thanks a million for your kind help.

     

    Your explanation is really helpful. The translation you provided seems to be the best one in context of the rest of the sentence.

     

    I highly appreciate your kind help! Thank you so much again.

  • nida February 13, 2011 18:00

    @ Nebia, Thanks a lot for the explanation.Now I understand what it is.

     

    I myself had a little bid idea about the meaning of the word. But as I didn't find it in the dictionary so decided to take help from you people because I wanted to know the exact meaning of this word.

  • Nebia February 13, 2011 14:54

    I think it means that there lives were not easy as they were orphens.

    I think the word was borrowed from French which means uncomfortable or not easy.

    I hope it is ok.

     

  • nida February 13, 2011 13:35

    Thanks a lot dear Nafis for telling me the meaning of word "undiscommoded". Will you please explain it a little bit in context to the above sentence?

     

    I'm reading it because your blog was really interesting and well written and after reading that I was very much eager to read this story.

     

    @ Forget me not, thanks a lot for dropping by. Nafis has come to help us.

  • Nafis February 13, 2011 13:23
    I'm glad dear Nida, you started reading this book...Enjoy reading!
  • Nafis February 13, 2011 13:23
    Undiscommoded means convenient and comfort...
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