inconvenience
noun
the quality or state of being inconvenient.
inconvenienced
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past participleof inconvenience.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof inconvenience.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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However, some ways of being inconvenienced are more draining than others.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
But the crowds and snarled traffic have inconvenienced some including Eric Stein, a Park City resident, who said he can’t wait for the festival to leave town.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
“I think that when people are confronted with nature in the city people are both fascinated by it and sometimes inconvenienced by it,” says seabird ecologist Louise Blight.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2024
While most patrons had come to take part in the tradition, others were surprised — and in some cases, modestly inconvenienced by it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
“You have considerably inconvenienced us and caused us a great deal of expense we cannot well afford.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
