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Definitions for Inconvenient
ˌɪn kənˈvin yəntin·con·ve·nient

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. inconvenientadjective

    not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs

    "it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen"; "the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone"

  2. inconvenientadjective

    not conveniently timed

    "an early departure is inconvenient for us"

Wiktionary

  1. inconvenientnoun

    An inconsistency, an incongruity.

  2. inconvenientnoun

    An inconvenient circumstance or situation; an inconvenience.

  3. inconvenientadjective

    Not convenient.

  4. Etymology: From inconvénient, from inconvenientem.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Inconvenientadjective

    Etymology: inconvenient, Fr. in and conveniens, Lat.

    They delight rather to lean to their old customs, though they be more unjust, and more inconvenient for the common people. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

    We are not to look that the church should change her publick laws, although it chance that for some particular men the same be found inconvenient, especially when there may be other remedy against particular inconveniences. Richard Hooker.

    He knows that to be inconvenient, which we falsely think convenient for us. George Smalridge, Sermons.

Wikipedia

  1. inconvenient

    Convenient procedures, products and services are those intended to increase ease in accessibility, save resources (such as time, effort and energy) and decrease frustration. A modern convenience is a labor-saving device, service or substance which make a task easier or more efficient than a traditional method. Convenience is a relative concept, and depends on context. For example, automobiles were once considered a convenience, yet today are regarded as a normal part of life. Because differences in lifestyles around the world, the term is a relative term based upon the conveniences previously available to a person or group. For instance, an American definition of 'modern convenience' is likely different from that of an individual living in a developing country. Most of the time, the term 'modern convenience' is used to express personal lifestyle and home life.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inconvenientadjective

    not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient

  2. Inconvenientadjective

    not convenient; giving trouble, uneasiness, or annoyance; hindering progress or success; uncomfortable; disadvantageous; incommodious; inopportune; as, an inconvenient house, garment, arrangement, or time

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Inconvenient

    in-kon-vēn′yent, adj. unsuitable: causing trouble or uneasiness: increasing difficulty: incommodious.—v.t. Inconven′ience, to trouble or incommode.—ns. Inconven′ience, Inconven′iency.—adv. Inconven′iently.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Inconvenient in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Inconvenient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Inconvenient in a Sentence

  1. Avril Haines:

    To be effective, Bidens DNI must never shy away from speaking truth to power — even, especially, when doing so may be inconvenient or difficult, to safeguard the integrity of our intelligence community, Bidens DNI must insist that, when it comes to intelligence, there is simply no place for politics ever.

  2. Justice Anthony Kennedy:

    The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.

  3. Clarin Sepulveda:

    It was stressful and extremely inconvenient.

  4. Josh Reid:

    It’s inconvenient for a lot of people but I’m sorry. We’re the Senate. We’ll have to rearrange our schedules for the weekend.

  5. John W. Gardner:

    Josh Billings said, It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too. Human beings have always employed an enormous variety of clever devices for running away from themselves, and the modern world is particularly rich in such stratagems.

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