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inconvenient

in·con·ve·nient

UK/ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/ US/ˌɪnkʌˈnvinjʌnt/ fairly common

adjective

1.

not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs

  • “it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen”
  • “the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone”
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2.

not conveniently timed

  • “an early departure is inconvenient for us”
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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French inconvenient, from Latin inconvenientem.

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