inconveniency
Americannoun
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inconveniencies
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Etymology
Origin of inconveniency
1400–50; late Middle English: mishap, danger; see inconvenience, -y 3
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While Patrick Henry thought slavery was “repugnant,” he never freed any enslaved people because of the “general inconveniency of living without them.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
For this, various reasons are assignable, all of which, however, hinge upon these two formidable obstacles—the inconveniency of local position, and the thoughtless inattention of youth.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
Here is a County and Court established, and the inhabitants at peace, and seem to experience no inconveniency from the war.”
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond
M. Leibniz, through the penetration of his great genius, has very well conceived the extent and strength of this objection, and what remedy ought to be applied to the main inconveniency.
From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by E.M. Huggard
The legislature had imagined, that when the price was so low, there could be no inconveniency in exportation, but that when it rose higher, it became prudent to allow of importation.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Germain Garnier
These are the inconveniencies which are to be considered of for the lady.
From The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Samuel Richardson
What wayes and cautions they use, to free the Mine and secure the Work-men from the inconveniencies and danger accruing from the use of much fire in it?
From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Henry Oldenburg
Birmingham, in no period of her existence, has increased with such rapidity, in people, buildings and commerce, as since the erection of that court; so that depopulation is not one of its inconveniencies.
From An History of Birmingham (1783) by William Hutton
Besides remedying these inconveniencies I have thought a fuller account of our passage from Timor to Europe than that contained in the Narrative would not be unacceptable.
From A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship by William Bligh
The numerous evils, that would result from procrastinating the supplies when contrasted with the inconveniencies alluded to by you, will, we trust, evince the propriety of our conduct and justify our refusal.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) by Various
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