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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 neighborWebster 1828 Edition
Inconvenience
INCONVE'NIENCE
Definition 2024
inconvenience
inconvenience
English
Noun
inconvenience (countable and uncountable, plural inconveniences)
- The quality of being inconvenient.
- Hooker
- They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, […] of ceremonies in burial.
- Hooker
- Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.
- Tillotson
- Man is liable to a great many inconveniences.
- 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
- An artificial kidney […] can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.
- Tillotson
Synonyms
Translations
something inconvenient or bothering
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Verb
inconvenience (third-person singular simple present inconveniences, present participle inconveniencing, simple past and past participle inconvenienced)
- to bother; to discomfort
Translations
to bother or discomfort
Synonyms
- (obsolete) discommodate