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inconvenient

[in-kuhn-veen-yuhnt]

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adjective

not easily accessible or at hand: The phone is in an inconvenient place.

inopportune; untimely: an inconvenient time for a visit.

not suiting one's needs or purposes: The house has an inconvenient floor plan.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English < Latin inconvenient- (stem of inconveniēns) not suiting. See in-³, convenient

Related forms

in·con·ven·ient·ly, adverb

Synonyms
3. annoying, awkward, bothersome.

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For one would-be author, some inconvenient facts could get in the way of an imaginary tale.

And nonviolently pointing out this inconvenient fact of corporate life is a wholly legitimate tactic for a social movement.

Once she sold something, taking the goods to the post office to send them to the buyer was inconvenient.

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For one would-be author, some inconvenient facts could get in the way of an imaginary tale.

And nonviolently pointing out this inconvenient fact of corporate life is a wholly legitimate tactic for a social movement.

Once she sold something, taking the goods to the post office to send them to the buyer was inconvenient.

Explore the positive aspects of climate and weather as well as those that are disastrous or inconvenient to human beings.

It measures the ratio of one movement to another without having to do all those inconvenient calculations mhupy.

It's about our obsession with high-stakes testing and the inconvenient fact that these tests often fail to predict.

Such secondary airports can be especially inconvenient if you want to make a connection from a major carrier.

Many of us have been pregnant, at all sorts of inconvenient times.

But the layers can be alternated to any thickness desired, and inconvenient antigens thus hidden from view.

As long as it costs more and is inconvenient to eat right, people will be overweight and obese.

Could be inconvenient if you're trying to fill the entire sink to soak dishes, but if you're anything like.

Unfortunately for him, the opponents raise spades and make it inconvenient to show the heart suit.

Inconvenient for accommodationists, perhaps, but still a truth.

Inconvenient people have been dying with alarming regularity.

False alarms are not only inconvenient to the public, they can also be serious issues for businesses.

Drilling the silicon plugs into your ears until you gag is uncomfortable and inconvenient.

I've never found it particularly difficult or inconvenient to pay my bills using stamps and envelopes.

I've heard too much dismissal of inconvenient data as anomolies, or outliers.

There's a beauty in complexity that is often dismissed as inefficient or inconvenient.

They are all feral bees that would have otherwise made homes in inconvenient places for my neighbors.

These features save electricity, but they're inconvenient.

Instead, people are severely punished for telling inconvenient truths.

Is it more inconvenient to take both books or a single e-reader with both books–and hundreds more–on.

The inconvenient truth is that banking will pay its best performers the sort of sums that outrage the public.

It would be extremely inconvenient economically, politically and ideologically.

The study's results were inconvenient for cell-phone ban proponents.

It was a turning point without any inconvenient drama.

That's what happens when you deny the science because it is politically inconvenient.

Single use coffee capsules are recyclable, but recycling locations are few and inconvenient.

They are real and they are important, and they can not be ignored simply because they may be a tad inconvenient.

Hide the decline is not simply about a deceptive elimination of some inconvenient data.

While inconvenient at times, the plastic of the lid does offer another layer of protection for the phone when it's not in use.

Until recently, the development of a global gas market has been hindered by one inconvenient fact.

The fact that you and your denialist cadre have chosen to disregard it because it is inconvenient does not make it false.

It comes at inconvenient times, a lot of them are a waste of time, and yet this walk-in sets up the entire film.

At the same time, a hidden network intervenes and blocks whatever is inconvenient for the men who are really in charge.

The convergence of science upon political concerns is inconvenient but necessary.

Even free upgrades can take time if they are difficult or inconvenient for customers to install.

Some of the inconvenient strength of the currency is down to high real interest rates which attract footloose foreign capital.

Fundamentally, they are based on rejecting and ignoring inconvenient evidence to one's cause.

And you collect donuts, which are usually placed in inconvenient spots that make it that much harder to find your way.

Perhaps, the helium crisis is the real inconvenient truth.

But hey, people actually do feel inclined to reward creative value if it's not too inconvenient to do so.

The question may be inconvenient for the politicians, so they distract the people with other issues.

There may be people for whom it is inconvenient to be patted down or asked a few questions.

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World English Dictionary

inconvenient (ˌɪnkənˈviːnjənt, -ˈviːnɪənt)

—*adj*
	not convenient; troublesome, awkward, or difficult

incon'veniently

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

inconvenient

late 14c., "not agreeing or constant," from Fr. inconvenient (13c.), from L. inconvenientem, from in- "not" + convenientem (see convenient). Sense of "troublesome, awkward" first recorded 1650s.

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