inconvenient

adjective in·con·ve·nient \ ˌin-kən-ˈvē-nyənt \

|Updated on: 15 Jun 2018

Examples: inconvenient in a Sentence

Definition of inconvenient

: not convenient especially in giving trouble or annoyance : inopportune

an inconvenient time

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inconveniently

adverb

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Examples of inconvenient in a Sentence

The restaurant is in an inconvenient location.
the unexpected visitors showed up at an inconvenient time

Recent Examples of inconvenient from the Web

The men and women who own the NFL franchises are deep in that inconvenient truth right now, as President Donald Trump disinvited the Philadelphia Eagles to a White House celebration of their Super Bowl championship.

— sam mellinger, kansascity, "Mellinger Minutes: Trump kicks the NFL, Chiefs fans are cocky (?) and Mahomes' endorsements," 5 June 2018
Walk through the grand archway, however, and an inconvenient truth emerges: the oldest Chinatown in Europe appears to be on its last legs.

— The Economist, "Europe’s oldest Chinatown fights for survival," 31 May 2018
Peeping through diamond strands hanging off your head to see haute couture is super inconvenient.

— devon abelman, Allure, "EXO's Kai Brought K-Pop Style to Gucci Cruise With This Stunning, Veil-Like Headband," 31 May 2018
One of the most disconcerting trends of the modern internet is the specific, reflexive ways that bad actors have learned to manipulate and dismiss inconvenient truths by using the culture, systems, and mechanics of the internet.

— bijan stephen, The Verge, "Elon Musk thinks you can crowdsource truth, but that’s not how the internet works," 24 May 2018
Talking about the gang has allowed Trump to associate crime with immigration without having to deal with the inconvenient truth that immigrant crime rates are, if anything, lower than those of the native-born.

— dara lind, Vox, "MS-13, explained," 21 May 2018
But there is also great art in knowing what not to say, of inscribing the negative space around an issue, of avoiding the inconvenient truths, and this marks them as masters of the game.

— john kass, chicagotribune.com, "Comey, Stephanopoulos like Varys and Littlefinger in ‘Game of Thrones’," 17 Apr. 2018
The lengthy screening process undergone by Yussuf Abdi on flights since the trip is inconvenient but not unconstitutional, U.S. District Judge Dee Benson wrote in the decision Monday.

— Washington Post, "Judge tosses lawsuit by Utah imam involving no-fly listing," 24 Apr. 2018
An inconvenient lawsuit followed, and StarCaps were pulled from the market.

— ben widdicombe, Town & Country, "An Unofficial History of Rich Women and Their Diets," 10 Apr. 2018

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