uncomfortable

Definition

Not comfortable; causing discomfort.

Etymology

From un- + comfortable.

Example Sentences

• "The class squirmed and fidgeted in the uncomfortable new chairs."
• "Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells."
• "The coaches were filthy outside and did not appear to have been painted or washed for years. Inside there were uncomfortable seats covered with a cane-like material."