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adjective

as in annoying

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inconveniencing

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verb

present participle of inconvenience
as in bothering
to cause discomfort to or trouble for he inconvenienced his sister by moving into her tiny apartment

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Recent Examples of inconveniencing
Verb
Apprehensive about inconveniencing others by appointing Truss at Balmoral—a first in her 70-year reign—the monarch consulted her daughter the Princess Royal. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026 And the students liked being able to listen to the material repeatedly without inconveniencing a human reader. — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2026 No one forced them to expand to the West Coast, inconveniencing coaches, players and fans of 14 other schools. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025 Need someone to absorb your wife’s anger over that extramarital affair without inconveniencing your mistress? — Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconveniencing
  1. annoying
  2. bothering
  3. aggravating
  4. weighing
  5. displeasing
  6. troubling
  7. frustrating
  8. disturbing
Adjective
  • This is a realm of exposition-heavy opening credits, relentlessly earwormy theme tunes, and heroes who, for no obvious reason, choose to hang out with cute/annoying [delete as appropriate] comedy sidekicks like Orko and Snarf.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 July 2026
  • This would have evoked annoying memories of the 0-0 draw against Morocco in 2022 and 1-1 draw with Russia in 2018 for Spain.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of annoying
Verb
  • Travis was snapped having a blast bothering Jason as the duo attended a match between Jupiter Links GC and The Bay Golf Club at SoFi Center on March 3.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • For now, the Royals hope to figure out exactly what’s bothering him.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
Definition of bothering
Adjective
  • They are also expected to argue the shooting endangered others at Kirk’s campus event — an aggravating circumstance that could make the crime punishable by death under Utah law.
    — Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • They are also expected to argue the shooting endangered others at Kirk's campus event — an aggravating circumstance that could make the crime punishable by death under Utah law.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of aggravating
Verb
  • Wherever you’re headed, a crossbody phone case keeps your essentials close without weighing you down.
    — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
  • The Jackson County Sheriff's Office described Wells as being a Black man standing about 6 feet, 1 inch tall and weighing about 180 pounds.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of weighing
Adjective
  • While certain oils work well together (like lemon and tea tree, sweet orange and cinnamon, peppermint and rosemary), aim to mix only two to three oils when blending to avoid a displeasing or overpowering fragrance.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Nov. 2025
Definition of displeasing
Verb
  • Campbell said Moore wanted to discuss what was troubling her privately but never got the chance.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
  • This question of what happened to fishes immediately after the age of the dinosaurs kept troubling me.
    — Sanaa El-Sayed, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
Definition of troubling
Adjective
  • The resulting video review took three minutes, frustrating Mbappé, who wanted to take the kick much sooner.
    — Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 9 July 2026
  • What makes this so frustrating is that the logic often sounds responsible.
    — Raj Ananthanpillai, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of frustrating
Verb
  • The officer wrote that Gatz had been living in the area for several months and was disturbing the surrounding vegetation.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 July 2026
  • Platner has faced multiple allegations of reckless and drunken behavior and disturbing behavior toward women since launching his campaign in August.
    — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of disturbing

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