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inconvenience

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in·con·ven·ience  (nkn-vnyns)
n.
1. The state or quality of being inconvenient.
2. Something inconvenient.
tr.v. in·con·ven·ienced, in·con·ven·ienc·ing, in·con·ven·ienc·es
To cause inconvenience to; trouble: The snow inconvenienced the holiday travelers.

inconvenience
Noun
a state or instance of trouble or difficulty
Verb
[-iencing, -ienced]
to cause trouble or difficulty to (someone)
inconvenient adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.inconvenience - an inconvenient discomfort
discomfort, uncomfortableness - the state of being tense and feeling pain
2.inconvenienceinconvenience - a difficulty that causes anxiety
difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
cumbersomeness, unwieldiness, awkwardness - trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"
flea bite - a very minor inconvenience
fly in the ointment - an inconvenience that detracts from the usefulness of something
unwieldiness - the quality of being difficult to direct or control by reason of complexity; "avoiding the unwieldiness of formal legal processes"; "the onset of unwieldiness and bureaucracy in large organizations"
3.inconvenience - the quality of not being useful or convenient
unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness - the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
inaccessibility, unavailability - the quality of not being available when needed
inopportuneness, untimeliness - the quality of occurring at an inconvenient time
convenience - the quality of being useful and convenient; "they offered the convenience of an installment plan"
Verb1.inconvenienceinconvenience - to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
affect, bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, touch - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"
distress, straiten - bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

inconvenience
noun 2. awkwardness, unfitness, unwieldiness, cumbersomeness, unhandiness, unsuitableness, untimeliness
verb 3. trouble, bother, disturb, upset, disrupt, put out, hassle (informal) irk, discommode, give (someone) bother or trouble, make (someone) go out of his way, put to trouble
Translations
Spanish inconvenience [ɪnkənˈviːnjəns] n (gen) → inconvenientes mpl (= trouble); molestia
vtincomodar;
to put sb to great inconvenience → causar mucha molestia a algn;
don't inconvenience yourself → no se moleste

French inconvenience [ɪnkənˈviːnjəns] ninconvénient m (= trouble); dérangement m
vtdéranger;
don't inconvenience yourself → ne vous dérangez pas

German inconvenience [ɪnkənˈviːnjəns] nUnannehmlichkeit f;
(trouble) → Umstände pl
vtUmstände bereiten +dat;
don't inconvenience yourself → machen Sie sich keine Umstände

Italian inconvenience [ɪnkənˈviːnjəns] ninconveniente m (= trouble); disturbo
vtdisturbare;
to put sb to great inconvenience → creare degli inconvenienti a qn;
don't inconvenience yourself → non si disturbi

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He assembled a good many Foxes and publicly advised them to cut off their tails, saying that they would not only look much better without them, but that they would get rid of the weight of the brush, which was a very great inconvenience.
A numerous nobility causeth poverty, and inconvenience in a state; for it is a surcharge of expense; and besides, it being of necessity, that many of the nobility fall, in time, to be weak in fortune, it maketh a kind of disproportion, between honor and means.
Besides, there would be another inconvenience attending this proposal, for what is common to many is taken least care of; for all men regard more what is their own than what others share with them in, to which they pay less attention than is incumbent on every one: let me add also, that every one is more negligent of what another is to see to, as well as himself, than of his own private business; as in a family one is often worse served by many servants than by a few.
 
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