Inconvenient

adj, noun

adj, noun ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An inconsistency, an incongruity. obsolete

    "To provide against this inconvenient, when the Stoikes were demanded whence the election of two indifferent things commeth into our soule[…]they answer, that this motion of the soule is extraorainarie and irregular comming into us by a strange, accidentall and casuall impulsion."

  2. 2
    An inconvenient circumstance or situation; an inconvenience. obsolete
Adjective
  1. 1
    not convenient
Adjective
  1. 1
    not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs wordnet
  2. 2
    not conveniently timed wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
awkwardinopportuneannoyingbothersomebulkyburdensome

Example

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"Without telephones, it would be inconvenient."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French inconvenient, from Latin inconvenientem.

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