Entry Word: inconvenient

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 causing difficulty, discomfort, or annoyance <the unexpected visitors showed up at an inconvenient time>

Synonyms awkward, discommoding, disobliging, incommoding

Related Words bothersome, burdensome, onerous, troublesome; annoying, exasperating, irritating

Near Antonyms acceptable, bearable, tolerable; advantageous, desirable, good, helpful

Antonyms convenient

2 hard or impossible to get to or get at <for some reason, they placed the dishes in an inconvenient cabinet> — see inaccessible