inconvenient

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inconvenient

  • /ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French inconvenient, from Latin inconvenientem.

adjective more inconvenient · most inconvenient

  1. not convenient

    Similar: incommodious · Opposite: convenient

noun inconvenients

  1. obsolete An inconsistency, an incongruity. To provide against this inconvenient, when the Stoikes were demanded whence the election of two indifferent things commeth into our soule[…]they answer, that this motion of the soule is extraorainarie and irregular comming into us by a strange, accidentall and casuall impulsion.
  2. obsolete An inconvenient circumstance or situation; an inconvenience.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: inopportune, awkward, inadvisable, unsuitable, improper, untimely, inappropriate, inexpedient, ill-timed, ill-advised, undesirable, unseemly, unwelcome, impractical, unpalatable, unpleasant

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adj not convenient

Españolinconveniente
한국어불편(不便)하다 bulpyeonhada
日本語面倒な mendō na, 不便な fuben na, 厄介な yakkai na
中文不方便 bùfāngbiàn, 不便 bùbiàn
Portuguêsinconveniente
Françaisincommode, inconvenant
Deutschunbequem, unpraktisch, ungünstig, ungelegen, unpassend, unangebracht
Italianosconveniente
Русскийнеудо́бный neudóbnyj
Tiếng Việtbất tiện, mất công

noun noun

Españolinconveniente

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@misc{inconvenient_2026,
  title = {inconvenient},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inconvenient},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}