inconvenient
[ in-kuhn-veen-yuhnt ]
/ ˌɪn kənˈvin yənt /
adjective
not easily accessible or at hand: The phone is in an inconvenient place.
inopportune; untimely: an inconvenient time for a visit.
not suiting one's needs or purposes: The house has an inconvenient floor plan.
Origin of inconvenient
1325–75; Middle English < Latin
inconvenient- (stem of
inconveniēns) not suiting. See
in-3,
convenient
SYNONYMS FOR inconvenient
OTHER WORDS FROM inconvenient
in·con·ven·ient·ly, adverbWords nearby inconvenient
incontinently,
incontrollable,
incontrovertible,
inconvenience,
inconveniency,
inconvenient,
inconvertible,
inconvincible,
incoordinate,
incoordination,
incor.
Example sentences from the Web for inconveniently
British Dictionary definitions for inconveniently
inconvenient
/ (ˌɪnkənˈviːnjənt, -ˈviːnɪənt) /
adjective
not convenient; troublesome, awkward, or difficult