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inconvenience - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'inconvenience' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Inconvenience [ n.]
- The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement.
- That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness; disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success; as, one inconvenience of life is poverty.
2 . Inconvenience [ v. t.]
- To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a neighbor.

Meaning of 'inconvenience' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . inconvenience [ v]
Meaning (1):
- to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
Example in sentence:
  • Sorry to trouble you, but...

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inc inca incage incaged incagement incaging incalculability incalculable incalescence incalescency

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