1
as in annoying
causing difficulty, discomfort, or annoyance
the unexpected visitors showed up at an inconvenient time
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as in inaccessible
hard or impossible to get to or get at
for some reason, the homeowners placed the dishes in an inconvenient cabinet
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Recent Examples of inconvenient
Because seeing friends and family take inconvenient steps to slow climate change pushes against the sense of pervasive silence.
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Saul Elbein, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
Fragmented memories from her past, especially from the time of the kidnapping, begin resurfacing for Lejla, triggering her at the most inconvenient times.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
For a busy woman, pumping can be time-consuming, uncomfortable and inconvenient.
—Footwear News, 8 Apr. 2025
This addresses the 'first and last mile' gap—often the most inconvenient part of any transit journey—by providing a seamless, affordable way to get from home to the station and from the station to one's final destination.
—Ankit Mishra, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Saul Elbein, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
Fragmented memories from her past, especially from the time of the kidnapping, begin resurfacing for Lejla, triggering her at the most inconvenient times.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
For a busy woman, pumping can be time-consuming, uncomfortable and inconvenient.
—Footwear News, 8 Apr. 2025
This addresses the 'first and last mile' gap—often the most inconvenient part of any transit journey—by providing a seamless, affordable way to get from home to the station and from the station to one's final destination.
—Ankit Mishra, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconvenient
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But if Hereditary and Midsommar got under the skin with genuinely scary storytelling and startling imagery and Beau is Afraid was equal parts squirmy and maddening, Eddington is just annoying and empty.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
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Really, there’s these human traffic jams, so it’s become quite annoying.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2025
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Despite a multitude of new technologies, the industry continues to be largely inaccessible to the common investor and exceedingly complex to others.—
Logan Weaver,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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One yearns for idiosyncrasy, a stroke of the unknowable, some transmission from a plane of inspiration inaccessible to ordinary mortals.—
Charles Bramesco,
IndieWire,
15 May 2025
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Technical glitches and changing rules are frustrating borrowers trying to plan.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Cleveland head coach Kenny Atkinson spoke about the frustrating Game 2 loss, revealing a big regret that led to the defeat.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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The Chow Yun-fat starrer, which had long been unavailable due to rights issues, comes to the Croisette with new revelations about the technical challenges faced during its meticulous preservation.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 May 2025
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At present, details regarding the extent of land burned and the size of the crew executing the prescribed fire are unavailable.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2025
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There was an awkward overhead in the third game that Sinner couldn’t meet square on.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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But the timing of the Rockies’ decision was awkward.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
12 May 2025
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For some people, double cleansing may be too irritating.—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
15 May 2025
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Not just the threat-of-extinction stuff, which includes Bassett’s POTUS debating which American city to blow up as a preemptive gesture, but by its own irritating God’s-eye omniscience that rarely allows the suspense to spool out in the present.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Proponents have long invoked civil rights language to promote vouchers, a disturbing rhetorical choice given vouchers originated as a tool for southern white parents to avoid the Supreme Court's desegregation order in Brown v. Board of Education.—
Kevin Sabet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Actress Isabella Rossellini reflects on the film’s disturbing material and autobiographical elements while resisting reductive interpretations.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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More lastingly troublesome is the general blindness to anything but race in her work.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Teladoc’s BetterHelp mental health unit has been a particularly troublesome business as paying users dropped off in the years following the pandemic.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
5 May 2025
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“Inconvenient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconvenient. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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