Inconvenient
adj, noun
adj, noun ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 An inconvenient circumstance or situation; an inconvenience. obsolete
Adjective
- 1 not convenient
Adjective
- 1 not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs wordnet
- 2 not conveniently timed wordnet
Example
More examples"Without telephones, it would be inconvenient."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French inconvenient, from Latin inconvenientem.