inconvenience
Syllables: in·con·ve·nience/ɪnkənˈviːnɪəns/US/ɪnkənˈvinjəns/
inconvenience noun: the quality of being inconvenient.
Noun
inconvenience (countable and uncountable, plural inconveniences)
- The quality of being inconvenient.
- They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, […] of ceremonies in burial.[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
- Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.
- [Man] is liable to a great many inconveniences.1664, John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious. Job XXVIII. 28.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer...
- The inconveniences that must be endured before the modernisation plan can come into action may be seen at Coventry, where since August the station has been in the throes of rebuilding.1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Part, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 101
Verb
inconvenience (third-person singular simple present inconveniences, present participle inconveniencing, simple past and past participle inconvenienced)
- To bother; to discomfort.
- He declared that these drastic steps would undoubtedly inconvenience a good many people, but the alternative was bankruptcy of the Ulster Transport Authority and the breakdown of public transport services.1956 May, “Transport in Ulster”, in Railway Magazine, page 279
- Synonyms:
- discommodate, discommode, incommode, impose
inconvenience meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
inconvenience in Hindi
- something inconvenient or bothering
- असुविधा asuvidhā
inconvenience in Tamil
- இடைஞ்சல், தொல்லை, தொந்தரை, வசதிக் குறைவு, தோதின்மை, தொல்லையளி
inconvenience in Marathi
- inconvenience
- गैरसोय gairsoy
inconvenience in Urdu
- تکلیف, زحمت
More languagesFewer languages
- inconvenience in Bengali
- অসুবিধা, ঝঞ্ঝাট, অসুবিধা ঘটানো
- inconvenience in Malayalam
- വിഷമം viṣamaṁ
- inconvenience in Kannada
- ಅಸಂದರ್ಭ
Examples of inconvenience in a sentence
- Although crabs themselves are an easily treated inconvenience, the patient and his partner(s) clearly run major STD risks.
- We had some inconvenience, such as food and petrol rationing, blackouting of homes and work places.
- Biotics possess extraordinary abilities, but they must live with minor inconveniences.
Synonyms of inconvenience
Forms of inconvenience
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | inconveniences |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | inconveniences |
| present participle | inconveniencing |
| past participle | inconvenienced |
| past | inconvenienced |
Origin of inconvenience
From Middle English inconvenience, from Old French inconvenience (“misfortune, calamity, impropriety”) (compare French inconvenance (“impropriety”) and inconvénient (“inconvenience”)), from Late Latin inconvenientia (“inconsistency, incongruity”).
Words formed from inconvenience
Questions about inconvenience
- What does inconvenience mean?
- Inconvenience means the quality of being inconvenient.
- What is inconvenience in Hindi?
- Inconvenience in Hindi is असुविधा (asuvidhā). See Inconvenience meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is inconvenience?
- Inconvenience can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce inconvenience?
- Inconvenience is pronounced /ɪnkənˈviːnɪəns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of inconvenience?
- The plural of inconvenience is inconveniences.
Words near inconvenience in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inconvenience (page history and authors); inconvenience (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); गैरसोय (Marathi) (page history and authors); inconvenience (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inconvenience (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); വിഷമം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); inconvenience (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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