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inconvenience.

The quality of being inconvenient.

13 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɪnkənˈviːnɪəns/Received-Pronunciation/ɪŋk-/Received-Pronunciation/ɪnkənˈvinjəns/General-American/ɪŋk-/General-American
  1. The quality of being inconvenient.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English inconvenience, from Old French inconvenience (“misfortune, calamity, impropriety”) (compare French inconvenance (“impropriety”) and inconvénient (“inconvenience”)), from Late Latin inconvenientia (“inconsistency, incongruity”).

verb/ɪnkənˈviːnɪəns/Received-Pronunciation/ɪŋk-/Received-Pronunciation/ɪnkənˈvinjəns/General-American/ɪŋk-/General-American
  1. To bother; to discomfort.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English inconvenience, from Old French inconvenience (“misfortune, calamity, impropriety”) (compare French inconvenance (“impropriety”) and inconvénient (“inconvenience”)), from Late Latin inconvenientia (“inconsistency, incongruity”).

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