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inconvenient
[ in-kuhn-veen-yuhnt ]
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.
Synonyms: , ,
inconvenient
/ -ˈviːnɪənt; ˌɪnkənˈviːnjənt /
adjective
- not convenient; troublesome, awkward, or difficult
Derived Forms
- ˌԳDzˈԾԳٱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- cDz·iԳ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of inconvenient1
Example Sentences
"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.
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.
"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."
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.
“Our obligation is to pursue the truth, even when it is inconvenient.”
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