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

See Examples For:

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

As he is at liberty too, either to buy or not to buy, as he pleases, it must be his own fault if he ever suffers any considerable inconveniency from such taxes.

From An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

My refusal to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity.

From Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) by Benjamin Franklin

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

A thing may be lawful in itself, and may yet be unlawful to thee; to wit, if there be an inconveniency, or an inexpediency attending the doing of it.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan

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 Raymond Z. Gallun

This is one of the possible cases that ought to be foreseen, in order to prevent the inconveniencies that might arise to numerous individuals, by provoking it.

From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Thomas Paine

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 John Marshall

So long as the demands of the crown were small and casual, no great inconveniencies arose from this practice.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. by David Hume

But this dangerous merit cannot be too rigidly watched, as it is very apt to lead thoſe who poſſeſs it into inconveniencies from which leſs intereſting characters are happily exempt.

From Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies by Hannah More