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inconvenient

[ in-kuhn-veen-yuhnt ]

adjective

  1. not easily accessible or at hand:

    The phone is in an inconvenient place.

  2. inopportune; untimely:

    an inconvenient time for a visit.

  3. not suiting one's needs or purposes:

    The house has an inconvenient floor plan.

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inconvenient

/ -ˈviːnɪənt; ˌɪnkənˈviːnjənt /

adjective

  1. not convenient; troublesome, awkward, or difficult
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԳDzˈԾԳٱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • cDz·iԳ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inconvenient1

1325–75; Middle English < Latin inconvenient- (stem of ԳDzԱԾŧԲ ) not suiting. See in- 3, convenient
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In the case of immigrants, some Democrats decided to just do the right thing — to not just abandon an inconvenient category of human beings — while noting that the rule of law benefits all.

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“Our obligation is to pursue the truth, even when it is inconvenient.”

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That may be inconvenient, especially if you want to stash the funds in a savings account or use it to pay off another loan or credit card balance.

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That stipulation isn’t uncommon among New York apartment buildings like the fancy Manhattan co-op Iris lives in, but that doesn’t make it any less inconvenient for her.

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"The targeting of Ballal is not just an attack on one filmmaker - it is an attack on all those who dare to bear witness and tell inconvenient truths," the letter said.

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