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inconveniency

inconveniency is the archaic form of inconvenience.

Meaning of inconvenience

Noun

inconvenience (countable and uncountable, plural inconveniences)

  1. 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)
  2. 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...

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Forms of inconveniency

pluralinconveniencies

Questions about inconveniency

What is inconveniency the archaic form of?
Inconveniency is the archaic form of inconvenience.

Words near inconveniency in the dictionary

  1. inconveniencer
  2. inconveniencers
  3. inconveniences
  4. inconveniencies
  5. inconveniencing
  6. inconveniency
  7. inconvenient
  8. inconveniently
  9. inconvenientness
  10. inconvenients
  11. inconversable

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