inconvenient
[in-kuh n-veen-yuh nt]
- 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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Origin of inconvenient
1325–75; Middle English < Latin inconvenient- (stem of inconveniēns) not suiting. See in-3, convenient
Synonyms
See more synonyms for inconvenient on Thesaurus.com3. annoying, awkward, bothersome.
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Examples from the Web for inconveniently
Contemporary Examples
Inconveniently, if Yingluck stepped down and called fresh elections tomorrow, she— and Pheu Thai—would win again.
Inconveniently for Romney, some of those former employees have told their stories to the American people.
This, inconveniently, makes it hard to campaign on Labour's record.
With Osama bin Laden inconveniently dead, the party out of power needs someone to fulminate against.
Historical Examples
He was inconveniently poor, he was ill, and he was in exile.
Peak and PrairieAnna Fuller
But at least she could take a few in her pocket, though it was inconveniently small.
SusanAmy Walton
I think that I drop in upon you as inconveniently as possible, do I not?
Charles Baudelaire, His LifeThophile Gautier
Why was that scherzo on the music-desk, and why do its leaves turn so inconveniently?
Does it inconveniently happen that you find you're in love with her yourself?
The Sacred FountHenry James
inconvenient
- not convenient; troublesome, awkward, or difficult
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Word Origin and History for inconveniently
adv.
mid-15c., "wrongfully," from inconvenient + -ly (2). Meaning "with trouble or discomfort" is from 1650s.
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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.
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