inconvenient
Americanadjective
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not easily accessible or at hand.
The phone is in an inconvenient place.
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inopportune; untimely.
an inconvenient time for a visit.
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not suiting one's needs or purposes.
The house has an inconvenient floor plan.
- Synonyms:
- bothersome , awkward , annoying
adjective
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- inconveniently adverb
Etymology
Origin of inconvenient
1325–75; Middle English < Latin inconvenient- (stem of inconveniēns ) not suiting. See in- 3, convenient
Example Sentences
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Businesses have installed planters and other noisemaking devices to make staying in front of a storefront inconvenient.
From Los Angeles Times
This is inconvenient for investors, to say the least.
From MarketWatch
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.”
That was inconvenient for the BBC—so it simply pretended otherwise.
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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