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Webster 1913 Edition
Inconvenience
Inˊcon-ven′ience
,Noun.
[L.
inconvenientia
inconsistency: cf. OF. inconvenience
.] 1.
The quality or condition of being inconvenient; lack of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness;
as, the
. inconvenience
of the arrangementThey plead against the
inconvenience
, not the unlawfulness, . . . of ceremonies in burial. Hooker.
2.
That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness; disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success;
as, one
. inconvenience
of life is povertyA place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds of rain, or other
inconvenience
. Sir W. Raleigh.
Syn. – Incommodiousness; awkwardness; disadvantage; disquiet; uneasiness; disturbance; annoyance.
Inˊcon-ven′ience
,Verb.
T.
To put to inconvenience; to incommode;
as, to
. inconvenience
a neighbor