inconvenient

[in-kuhn-veen-yuhnt]

adjective

1. not easily accessible or at hand.

   The phone is in an inconvenient place.

2. inopportune; untimely.

   an inconvenient time for a visit.

3. not suiting one's needs or purposes.

   The house has an inconvenient floor plan.

   Synonyms: bothersome, awkward, annoying

inconvenient

/ -ˈviːnɪənt, ˌɪnkənˈviːnjənt /

adjective

1. not convenient; troublesome, awkward, or difficult

Other Word Forms

• inconveniently adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of inconvenient¹

1325–75; Middle English < Latin inconvenient- (stem of inconveniēns ) not suiting. See in- ³, convenient

Example Sentences

When public image makes that inconvenient, it settles for imprisonment.

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But for the Christian right, this is mostly an inconvenient fact that can be explained away by the belief that God uses flawed men to fulfill his will.

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What emerges, then, is a story without history, within simplified parameters, meant to convey an embattled neighborhood without mentioning certain neighbors, free of any inconvenient perspectives.

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If the grassroots action is sustained and substantial, if it really is inconvenient enough, he might indeed have to deal.

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In practice, defining and then setting out to quantify the “housing you need” is an exercise fraught with messy data, guesstimation and an inconvenient need for judgement calls.

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