inconveniency

American  

[in-kuhn-veen-yuhn-see] / ˌɪn kənˈvin jən si /

noun

• inconveniencies
  plural

1. inconvenience.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• inconveniencies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of inconveniency

1400–50; late Middle English: mishap, danger; see inconvenience, -y ³

Example Sentences

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inconveniency inconveniencies

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

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 Huggard, E.M.

This appears to us an inconsistency; but it is true that it was the interest of the state to allow it, though not always without inconveniency.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Johnson, Samuel

The governor's wound is quite healed, and he feels no inconveniency whatever from it.

From A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson by Tench, Watkin

It is scarce possible to devise a tax which could produce any considerable revenue to the sovereign, and at the same time occasion so little inconveniency to any body.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain

There never was, proceeded I, a treaty of marriage set on foot, that had not its conveniencies and inconveniencies.

From The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Richardson, Samuel

And, Christianity set aside, if the costs and fruits of war were well considered, peace, with all its inconveniencies, is generally preferable. 

From A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers by Penn, William

Hence a too strong propensity in the governments of nations, to anticipate and mortgage the resources of posterity, rather than to encounter the inconveniencies of a present increase of taxes.

From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by Marshall, John

A town of supply warehouses and tanks around a great space port; a town of a thousand unfinished enterprises, and as many paradoxes and inconveniencies.

From The Planet Strappers by Gallun, Raymond Z.

The number and ingenuity of the contrivances for meeting minor difficulties, and getting rid of minor inconveniencies, is very remarkable.

From Socialism by Mill, John Stuart