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

Businesses have installed planters and other noisemaking devices to make staying in front of a storefront inconvenient.

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This is inconvenient for investors, to say the least.

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Our reviewer, Steven Poole, wrote that “the book proceeds like a convoluted murder mystery, introducing one suspect after another in what seems like an open-and-shut case, before puncturing the promising narrative with an inconvenient fact.”

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That was inconvenient for the BBC—so it simply pretended otherwise.

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For his exceptionally rapid ascent, Mr. Hoyos credits Scipio’s ready access to funds as well as “self-confidence—not far off arrogance—and impatience with inconvenient convention.”

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