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inconvenient

[ in-kuhn-veen-yuhnt ]
/ ˌɪn kənˈvin yənt /
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adjective

not easily accessible or at hand: The phone is in an inconvenient place.
inopportune; untimely: an inconvenient time for a visit.
not suiting one's needs or purposes: The house has an inconvenient floor plan.

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RELATED WORDS

troublesome, embarrassing, awkward, unwieldy, disturbing, cumbersome, annoying, tiresome, difficult, detrimental, disadvantageous, inexpedient, inopportune, pestiferous, prejudicial, remote, unmanageable, unseasonable, unsuitable, untimely

Nearby words

  1. incontinently,
  2. incontrollable,
  3. incontrovertible,
  4. inconvenience,
  5. inconveniency,
  6. inconveniently,
  7. inconvertible,
  8. inconvincible,
  9. incoordinate,
  10. incoordination

Origin of inconvenient

1325–75; Middle English < Latin inconvenient- (stem of inconveniēns) not suiting. See in-3, convenient
Related formsin·con·ven·ient·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for inconvenient

inconvenient

/ (ˌɪnkənˈviːnjənt, -ˈviːnɪənt) /

adjective

not convenient; troublesome, awkward, or difficult
Derived Formsinconveniently, adverb
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Word Origin and History for inconvenient

inconvenient

adj.

late 14c., "injurious, dangerous," from Old French inconvénient (13c.), from Latin inconvenientem (nominative inconveniens) "unsuitable, not accordant, dissimilar," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + convenientem (see convenient). In early 15c., "inappropriate, unbecoming, unnatural;" also, of an accused person, "unlikely as a culprit, innocent." Sense of "troublesome, awkward" first recorded 1650s.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper