inconvenience
noun
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L322425 on Wikidata ↗verb
- (cause to) become inconvenienced
- put out, not suited to comfort/needs
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪnkənˈviːnɪəns/ / /ɪŋk-/ / /ɪnkənˈvinjəns/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English inconvenience, from Old French inconvenience (“misfortune, calamity, impropriety”) (compare French inconvenance (“impropriety”) and inconvénient (“inconvenience”)), from Late Latin inconvenientia (“inconsistency, incongruity”).
- The quality of being inconvenient.
“They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, […] of ceremonies in burial.”
- Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.
“[Man] is liable to a great many inconveniences.”
“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.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English inconvenience, from Old French inconvenience (“misfortune, calamity, impropriety”) (compare French inconvenance (“impropriety”) and inconvénient (“inconvenience”)), from Late Latin inconvenientia (“inconsistency, incongruity”).
- 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.”