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Inconvenience

Inconvenience Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Inconvenience? [n] a difficulty that causes anxiety [n] the quality of not being useful or convenient [n] the quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal" [n] an inconvenient discomfort [v] to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." Synonyms \| Synonyms for Inconvenience: bother \| discommode \| disoblige \| incommode \| incommodiousness \| nuisance value \| put out \| trouble \| troublesomeness \| worriment Related Terms \| Find terms related to Inconvenience: abuse a privilege \| ado \| aggravate \| aggravation \| ail \| annoy \| annoyance \| anxiety \| awkwardness \| be the matter \| beset \| besetment \| bother \| bothersomeness \| bulkiness \| burden \| burdening \| burdensomeness \| burthen \| can of worms \| cargo \| charge \| charging \| clumsiness \| complicate matters \| concern \| cross \| cumbersomeness \| cumbrance \| deadweight \| demand \| difficulty \| disaccommodate \| disadvantage \| discomfort \| discommode \| discommodity \| discompose \| disoblige \| disrupt \| disruption \| distress \| disturb \| disturbance \| drawback \| embarrassment \| encroach upon \| encumbrance \| evil \| exaction \| exasperate \| exasperation \| freight \| freighting \| fuss \| futility \| great ado \| hamper \| handicap \| harass \| harm \| headache \| hindrance \| hulkiness \| impediment \| impedimenta \| impoliticalness \| impoliticness \| impose on \| impose upon \| imposing an onus \| imposition \| impracticality \| impropriety \| inadvisability \| inappropriateness \| inaptitude \| inauspiciousness \| incommode \| incommodity \| incongruity \| inconsiderateness \| inconveniency \| inconvenientness \| ineptitude \| inexpedience \| inexpediency \| infelicity \| infliction \| inopportuneness \| inopportunity \| intempestivity \| interfere \| intermeddle \| interruption \| intrusion \| irk \| irrelevance \| irritate \| lateness \| laying on \| load \| loading \| loading down \| lumber \| make free with \| matter \| meddle \| nuisance \| obtrude upon \| obtrusiveness \| onerousness \| onus \| overstep \| pack \| pain \| peck of troubles \| penalty \| perplex \| perturb \| plague \| ponderousness \| pother \| prematurity \| presume on \| presume upon \| presumptuousness \| problem \| put about \| put out \| put to inconvenience \| put to it \| put to trouble \| puzzle \| sea of troubles \| stew \| take a liberty \| take liberties \| tasking \| taxing \| torment \| trial \| trouble \| troublesomeness \| try \| undesirability \| unfavorableness \| unfitness \| unfittingness \| unfortunateness \| unhandiness \| unmanageability \| unmeetness \| unprofitability \| unprofitableness \| unpropitiousness \| unripeness \| unseasonableness \| unseemliness \| unsuitability \| untimeliness \| unwarranted demand \| unwieldiness \| unwiseness \| upset \| uselessness \| vex \| weight \| weighting \| white elephant \| worry \| worthlessness \| wrongness See Also \| affect \| awkwardness \| bear on \| bear upon \| cumbersomeness \| difficultness \| difficulty \| disadvantage \| discomfort \| flea bite \| fly in the ointment \| impact \| inaccessibility \| ineptness \| inopportuneness \| touch \| touch on \| unavailability \| uncomfortableness \| unsuitability \| unsuitableness \| untimeliness \| unwieldiness Inconvenience In Webster's Dictionary \In`conven"ience\, n. [L. inconvenientia inconsistency: cf. OF. inconvenience.] 1. The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement. They 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 poverty. A place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds of rain, or other inconvenience. --Sir W. Raleigh. Man is liable to a great many inconveniences. --Tillotson. Syn: Incommodiousness; awkwardness; disadvantage; disquiet; uneasiness; disturbance; annoyance. \In`conven"ience\, v. t. To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a neighbor.

Inconvenience Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inconvenience?

[n] a difficulty that causes anxiety
[n] the quality of not being useful or convenient
[n] the quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"
[n] an inconvenient discomfort
[v] to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."

Inconvenience In Webster's Dictionary

\In`con*ven"ience\, n. [L. inconvenientia
inconsistency: cf. OF. inconvenience.]
1. The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of
   convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency;
   awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement.

         They 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 poverty.

         A place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds
         of rain, or other inconvenience.      --Sir W.
                                               Raleigh.

         Man is liable to a great many inconveniences.
                                               --Tillotson.

Syn: Incommodiousness; awkwardness; disadvantage; disquiet;
     uneasiness; disturbance; annoyance.


\In`con*ven"ience\, v. t.
To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a
neighbor.

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