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inconvenient

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in⋅con⋅ven⋅ient

  [in-kuhn-veen-yuhnt]
–adjective
1. not easily accessible or at hand: The phone is in an inconvenient place.
2. inopportune; untimely: an inconvenient time for a visit.
3. not suiting one's needs or purposes: The house has an inconvenient floor plan.
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Origin:
1325–75; ME < L inconvenient- (s. 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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in·con·ven·ient   (ĭn'kən-vēn'yənt)   
adj.  Not convenient, especially:
a. Not accessible; hard to reach.
in'con·ven'ient·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

inconvenient 
1398, "not agreeing or constant," from Fr. inconvenient (13c.), from L. inconvenientem, from in- "not" + convenientem (see convenient). Sense of "troublesome, awkward" first recorded 1651.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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