Definitions for Inconvenient
ˌɪn kənˈvin yəntin·con·ve·nient

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. inconvenientadjective

   not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs

   "it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen"; "the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone"

2. inconvenientadjective

   not conveniently timed

   "an early departure is inconvenient for us"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inconvenientnoun

   An inconsistency, an incongruity.

2. inconvenientnoun

   An inconvenient circumstance or situation; an inconvenience.

3. inconvenientadjective

   Not convenient.

4. Etymology: From inconvénient, from inconvenientem.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Inconvenientadjective

   Etymology: inconvenient, Fr. in and conveniens, Lat.

   1. Incommodious; disadvantageous.

   They delight rather to lean to their old customs, though they be more unjust, and more inconvenient for the common people. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   We are not to look that the church should change her publick laws, although it chance that for some particular men the same be found inconvenient, especially when there may be other remedy against particular inconveniences. Richard Hooker.

   He knows that to be inconvenient, which we falsely think convenient for us. George Smalridge, Sermons.

   2. Unfit; inexpedient.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inconvenient

   Convenient procedures, products and services are those intended to increase ease in accessibility, save resources (such as time, effort and energy) and decrease frustration. A modern convenience is a labor-saving device, service or substance which make a task easier or more efficient than a traditional method. Convenience is a relative concept, and depends on context. For example, automobiles were once considered a convenience, yet today are regarded as a normal part of life. Because differences in lifestyles around the world, the term is a relative term based upon the conveniences previously available to a person or group. For instance, an American definition of 'modern convenience' is likely different from that of an individual living in a developing country. Most of the time, the term 'modern convenience' is used to express personal lifestyle and home life.

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1. inconvenient

   Inconvenient is an adjective that describes something as causing trouble, difficulties, discomfort or annoyance due to the disruption of one's ease or comfort, or presenting an obstacle to one's plans. It refers to something or a situation that is not suited to one's comfort, needs, purpose or is ill-timed.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Inconvenientadjective

   not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient

2. Inconvenientadjective

   not convenient; giving trouble, uneasiness, or annoyance; hindering progress or success; uncomfortable; disadvantageous; incommodious; inopportune; as, an inconvenient house, garment, arrangement, or time

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Inconvenient

   in-kon-vēn′yent, adj. unsuitable: causing trouble or uneasiness: increasing difficulty: incommodious.—v.t. Inconven′ience, to trouble or incommode.—ns. Inconven′ience, Inconven′iency.—adv. Inconven′iently.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Inconvenient in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Inconvenient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Inconvenient in a Sentence

1. Wash Westmoreland:

   We had a little personal agreement that Richard Glatzer has to be heard, even if it's inconvenient, even if it's longer to wait.

2. Mitch Landrieu:

   People are going to be frustrated because it's not too fast, then they're going to be frustrated because it's getting built and it's inconvenient, and when it's done, people may not even remember that it started.

3. James Baldwin:

   We are all androgynous, not only because we are all born of a woman impregnated by the seed of a man but because each of us, helplessly and forever, contains the other -- male in female, female in male, white in black and black in white. We are a part of each other. Many of my countrymen appear to find this fact exceedingly inconvenient and even unfair, and so, very often, do I. But none of us can do anything about it.

4. Josh Reid:

   It’s inconvenient for a lot of people but I’m sorry. We’re the Senate. We’ll have to rearrange our schedules for the weekend.

5. Denis Diderot:

   There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Inconvenient
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Inconvenient
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Inconvenient
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inconvenient
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Inconvenient
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Inconvenient
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Inconvenient