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inconvenient

adjective
adjective
BrE BrE//ˌɪnkənˈviːniənt//
; NAmE NAmE//ˌɪnkənˈviːniənt//
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causing trouble or problems, especially concerning what you need or would like yourself an inconvenient time/place That’s most inconvenient for me. I’m working that weekend. opposite convenient Oxford Collocations Dictionary verbsbe, prove, become, … adverbextremely, fairly, very, … prepositionfor, to See full entry Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘incongruous’ or ‘unsuitable’): via Old French from Latin inconvenient-, from in- ‘not’ + convenient- ‘agreeing, fitting’ (from the verb convenire ‘assemble, agree, fit’, from con- ‘together’ + venire ‘come’). Current senses date from the mid 17th cent.Extra examples She called at a most inconvenient time. This is a time of the evening that is inconvenient to many viewers. Would this afternoon be inconvenient for you? That’s most inconvenient for me. I’m working that weekend.
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