inconvenience

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɪnkənˈviːnɪəns/, /ɪŋk-/
• (GA) IPA: /ɪnkənˈvinjəns/, /ɪŋk-/

Noun

inconvenience

1. The quality of being inconvenient.

   • They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, […] of ceremonies in burial.

2. Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.

   • Man is liable to a great many inconveniences.

Synonyms

• (something inconvenient) annoyance, nuisance, trouble

Translations

• French: dérangement, désagrément
• German: Unannehmlichkeit
• Italian: disagio, inconveniente, disturbo, fastidio, incomodo
• Portuguese: inconveniência, incómodo (Portugal), incômodo (Brazil)
• Russian: неудо́бство
• Spanish: inconveniencia, desconveniencia

Verb

inconvenience (inconveniences, present participle inconveniencing; past and past participle inconvenienced)

1. to bother; to discomfort

Synonyms

• (obsolete) discommodate

Translations

• German: lästig sein, stören, Unannehmlichkeiten bereiten
• Spanish: incomodar, importunar

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