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inconvenience noun [ ɪnkənˈviːnɪəns ]

• the state or fact of being troublesome or difficult with regard to one's personal requirements or comfort.
• "the inconvenience of having to change trains"
Similar: trouble, bother, problems, disruption, nuisance value, disadvantage, difficulty, embarrassment, disturbance, vexation, harassment, worry, anxiety, distress, concern, disquiet, unease, irritation, annoyance, stress, agitation, unpleasantness, aggravation, hassle,
Opposite: help,

inconvenience verb

• cause trouble or difficulty to.
• "noise and fumes from traffic would inconvenience residents"
Similar: trouble, bother, put out, put someone to trouble, be a problem to, disrupt, be a nuisance to, disadvantage, cause someone difficulty, impose on, burden, harass, plague, beset, embarrass, disturb, vex, worry, annoy, upset, irritate, hassle, heavy, discommode,
Opposite: help,
Origin: late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘incongruity’, also ‘unsuitability’): via Old French from late Latin inconvenientia ‘incongruity, inconsistency’, from in- ‘not’ + Latin convenient- ‘agreeing, fitting’ (see convenient).


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