inconvenient
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adjective \ˌin-kən-ˈvē-nyənt\Definition of INCONVENIENT
: not convenient especially in giving trouble or annoyance : inopportune <an inconvenient time>
— in·con·ve·nient·ly adverb
See Examples of INCONVENIENT
- The restaurant is in an inconvenient location.
- <the unexpected visitors showed up at an inconvenient time>
Origin of INCONVENIENT
Middle English, incongruous, harmful, from Anglo-French, from Latin inconvenient-, inconveniens, from in- + convenient-, conveniens convenient
First Known Use: 1651
Related to INCONVENIENT
- Synonyms
- awkward, discommoding, disobliging, incommoding
- Antonyms
- convenient, ultraconvenient
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