inconvenience
noun
the quality or state of being inconvenient.
were inconveniencing
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past progressiveof inconvenience.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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We lived in a condo that shared walls with three other units and as she cried at night, what mattered to me most was that we were inconveniencing the neighbors.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
He said protesters were inconveniencing “the everyman” rather than those in positions of power.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2019
I am sorry that all this time I had no idea of the extent to which they were inconveniencing you.'
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
