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
Other Word Forms
- 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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At some point, a great nation must follow the evidence—even when the evidence leads somewhere politically inconvenient.
To age is to find one’s appreciation for life’s daily joys sharpen, especially as more inconvenient realities assert themselves.
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They are binding promises—and they must be honored, especially when doing so is inconvenient.
He suggests that this may be because it offers inconvenient truths about the paltriness of the party.
“This is a very inconvenient time to discover a fear!”
From Literature
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