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uncomfort

noun, verb

uncomfort is a noun meaning “The absence or lack of comfort; comfortlessness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled U-N-C-O-M-F-O-R-T, and it appears about once in every 72 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does uncomfort mean?

noun

  1. 1

    The absence or lack of comfort; comfortlessness.

  2. 2

    Extreme dissatisfaction with a subject.

verb

  1. 1

    To remove or deprive comfort from.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of uncomfort

  • uncomforts present, singular, he/she/it
  • uncomforting participle, present
  • uncomforted participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is uncomfort?

Uncomfort appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does uncomfort come from?

From un- (“absence or lack of”) + comfort.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).