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.

Words nearby inconvenient

incontinently, incontrollable, incontrovertible, inconvenience, inconveniency, inconvenient, inconvertible, inconvincible, incoordinate, incoordination, incor.

Origin of inconvenient

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

SYNONYMS FOR inconvenient

3 annoying, awkward, bothersome.

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OTHER WORDS FROM inconvenient

in·con·ven·ient·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for inconveniently

Inconveniently, if Yingluck stepped down and called fresh elections tomorrow, she— and Pheu Thai—would win again.
Anti-Thaksin Protesters Are Thailand’s Tea Partiers|Lennox Samuels|December 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Inconveniently for Romney, some of those former employees have told their stories to the American people.
Paul Begala on Mitt Romney’s Epic Fail in His GOP Convention Speech|Paul Begala|August 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This, inconveniently, makes it hard to campaign on Labour's record.
Brits Get Ready to Rumble|Alex Massie|April 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST
With Osama bin Laden inconveniently dead, the party out of power needs someone to fulminate against.
The Hypocritical War on 'Illegals'|Chris Weitz|October 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST

The inconveniently small size of the doorways of the modern pueblos is only a survival of ancient conditions.
A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola|Victor Mindeleff and Cosmos Mindeleff
I think that I drop in upon you as inconveniently as possible, do I not?
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier
It seemed impossible that the inconveniently built, diminutive prairie hotel could accommodate so many people.
Langford of the Three Bars|Kate Boyles
But even in the last section below it, the choice of a way should not be inconveniently restricted.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
He was inconveniently poor, he was ill, and he was in exile.
Peak and Prairie|Anna Fuller

British Dictionary definitions for inconveniently

inconvenient

/ (ˌɪnkənˈviːnjənt, -ˈviːnɪənt) /

adjective

not convenient; troublesome, awkward, or difficult

Derived forms of inconvenient

inconveniently, adverb

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inconvenient

adjective

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Origin of inconvenient

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British Dictionary definitions for inconveniently

adjective

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