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inconvenient

[ 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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inconvenient

/ -ˈviːnɪənt; ˌɪnkənˈviːnjənt /

adjective

  1. not convenient; troublesome, awkward, or difficult
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԳDzˈԾԳٱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • cDz·iԳ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inconvenient1

1325–75; Middle English < Latin inconvenient- (stem of ԳDzԱԾŧԲ ) not suiting. See in- 3, convenient
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"These are the inconvenient facts, which mean that any strategy based on either 'phasing out' fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail," he wrote.

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We are made invisible by the editorial decisions of people who find our lives too political, too inconvenient — whose audiences have accepted our suffering as unremarkable.

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"It is a long day for travel, the additional expense and having work or school the next day. It is inconvenient to play at 4:30pm on a Sunday."

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In the case of immigrants, some Democrats decided to just do the right thing — to not just abandon an inconvenient category of human beings — while noting that the rule of law benefits all.

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“Our obligation is to pursue the truth, even when it is inconvenient.”

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