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inconvenient

adjective
in路​con路​ve路​nient | \ 藢in-k蓹n-藞v膿-ny蓹nt How to pronounce inconvenient (audio) \

Definition of inconvenient

: not convenient especially in giving trouble or annoyance : inopportune an inconvenient time

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Other Words from inconvenient

inconveniently adverb

Synonyms & Antonyms for inconvenient

Synonyms

awkward, discommoding, disobliging, incommoding

Antonyms

convenient, ultraconvenient

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Examples of inconvenient in a Sentence

The restaurant is in an inconvenient location. the unexpected visitors showed up at an inconvenient time

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The absurd notion that Jim Crow cars were anything except horrible鈥攄irty, crowded, inconvenient, degrading鈥攇ot a huge laugh. Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, "When W. E. B. Du Bois Made a Laughingstock of a White Supremacist," 19 Aug. 2019 Or use often inconvenient, overcrowded and underfunded public transportation, further lowering your living standards. Leonid Bershidsky, Twin Cities, "Leonid Bershidsky: Traffic jams are a sign of income inequality," 12 June 2019 Or use often inconvenient, overcrowded and underfunded public transportation, further lowering your living standards. Leonid Bershidsky, The Denver Post, "Guest Commentary: Traffic jams are a sign of income inequality," 9 June 2019 Maybe made worse by the vagaries of summer vacations and inconvenient bus rides. Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Lions' thin training camp crowds sends a message: Time to win," 31 July 2019 As the days dragged on, what might have simply been an inconvenient blip ballooned into a major incident. Wired, "Europe's Weeklong Satellite Outage Is Over鈥擝ut Still Serves as a Warning," 18 July 2019 Friends might want your attention at an inconvenient moment. Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, "Horoscope for July 11, 2019: Happy birthday Sela Ward; Virgo, bend with the wind when changes blow in," 11 July 2019 Some said Google and Apple are overlooking inconvenient in-app browsers as a way to accommodate popular app makers. Rani Molla, Vox, "Why you have to keep logging in to read news on your phone," 8 July 2019 All of them were small and at times inconvenient, O鈥橰eilly said. Cody Boteler, baltimoresun.com, "Rehabbed homes in historically black Winters Lane community brings affordable rental units," 27 June 2019

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First Known Use of inconvenient

1616, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for inconvenient

Middle English, incongruous, harmful, from Anglo-French, from Latin inconvenient-, inconveniens, from in- + convenient-, conveniens convenient

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inconvenient

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of inconvenient

: causing trouble or problems : not convenient

inconvenient

adjective
in路​con路​ve路​nient | \ 藢in-k蓹n-藞v膿-ny蓹nt How to pronounce inconvenient (audio) \

Kids Definition of inconvenient

: causing trouble or difficulty : not convenient That time is inconvenient for me.

Other Words from inconvenient

inconveniently adverb

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