inconvenience
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inconvenience
- /ɪnkənˈviːnɪəns/ UK
- /ɪŋk-/ UK
- /ɪnkənˈvinjəns/ US
- /ɪŋk-/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English inconvenience, from Old French inconvenience (“misfortune, calamity, impropriety”) (compare French inconvenance (“impropriety”) and inconvénient (“inconvenience”)), from Late Latin inconvenientia (“inconsistency, incongruity”).
noun inconveniences
verb inconveniences · inconveniencing · inconvenienced
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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.
Similar: discommodate, discommode, incommode, impose
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: incommodiousness, incommode, discommode, disoblige, awkwardness, trouble, troublesomeness, bother, worriment, put out, nuisance value, unpleasantness, drawback, disadvantage, downside, embarrassment
Translations
Every language
noun something inconvenient or bothering
| Español | inconveniencia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 불편 bulpyeon |
| 日本語 | 不便 fuben, 面倒 mendō, 厄介 yakkai |
| 中文 | 不便 bùbiàn, 不方便 bùfāngbiàn, 麻煩 /麻烦 máfan |
| हिन्दी | असुविधा asuvidhā |
| Português | inconveniência, incómodo, incômodo |
| Français | dérangement, désagrément |
| Deutsch | Unannehmlichkeit |
| Italiano | disagio, inconveniente, disturbo, fastidio, incomodo |
| Română | deranj, incomodare, neplăcere, inconveniență |
| Русский | неудо́бство neudóbstvo, беспоко́йство bespokójstvo |
| עברית | אי נוחות |
verb to bother or discomfort
| Español | importunar, ser(le) inconveniente / disconveniente a |
|---|---|
| Português | incomodar, perturbar, importunar, encher o saco, pentelhar |
| Deutsch | lästig sein, stören, Unannehmlichkeiten bereiten |
| Română | deranja, incomoda, importuna |
| Русский | доставля́ть неудо́бства dostavljátʹ neudóbstva |
Talk about this word "inconvenience." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/inconvenience. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. inconvenience. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/inconvenience "inconvenience." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/inconvenience.Cite this
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title = {inconvenience},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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