inconvenient
adjective
Examples of inconvenient in a Sentence
David Morgan, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2024
Passing out in the wrong place or at the wrong time can be inconvenient and dangerous.
—Madeleine Burry, Health, 3 Apr. 2024
Should the schools, for example, accept more lucrative deals on less visible networks at inconvenient times?
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
While some of them were busy practicing and in the studio in the clip, others were caught at inconvenient times, like relaxing on the beach or using the bathroom.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
Yet China required little from Britain apart from payment in silver, which the nation found increasingly inconvenient to source.
—Delia Falconer, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
In the exclusive sneak peek above, Brown gets to work on demolishing the wall in Zoila’s home that was creating an inconvenient separation between the kitchen and living room.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
But that is yet another inconvenient truth for those who hated Israel even before Hamas went on its spree of murder, rape and kidnapping.
—Russell Schwartz, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2024
One city making things inconvenient for SUV owners isn’t likely to have a bit impact on the category.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Middle English, incongruous, harmful, from Anglo-French, from Latin inconvenient-, inconveniens, from in- + convenient-, conveniens convenient
1616, in the meaning defined above
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“Inconvenient.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inconvenient. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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