adj
Meaning 1
not convenient
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: convenient
Standard Lemma guide
inconvenient
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
An inconsistency, an incongruity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An inconvenient circumstance or situation; an inconvenience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen
- the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: convenient
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
not conveniently timed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an early departure is inconvenient for us
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French inconvenient, from Latin inconvenientem.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Amharic: የማይመች (yämaymäč) — not convenient
- Belarusian: нязру́чны (njazrúčny) — not convenient
- Belarusian: невыго́дны (njevyhódny) — not convenient
- Bulgarian: неудобен (neudoben) — not convenient
- Bulgarian: притеснителен (pritesnitelen) — not convenient
- Catalan: inconvenient — not convenient
- Chinese Mandarin: 不方便 (bùfāngbiàn) — not convenient
- Chinese Mandarin: 不便 (bùbiàn) — not convenient
- Czech: nepohodlný — not convenient
- Dutch: ongemakkelijk — not convenient
- Dutch: storend — not convenient
- Dutch: ongelegen — not convenient
- Dutch: niet van pas komend — not convenient
- Finnish: hankala — not convenient
- Finnish: epämukava — not convenient
- Finnish: sopimaton — not convenient
- French: incommode — not convenient
- French: inconvenant — not convenient
- German: unbequem — not convenient
- German: unpraktisch — not convenient
- German: ungünstig — not convenient
- German: ungelegen — not convenient
- German: unpassend — not convenient
- German: unangebracht — not convenient
- German: inopportun — not convenient
- German: lästig — not convenient
- German: unannehmlich — not convenient
- Ancient Greek: ἀνεύθετος (aneúthetos) — not convenient
- Hungarian: kényelmetlen — not convenient
- Irish: aistreánach — not convenient
- Irish: aistreach — not convenient
- Italian: sconveniente — not convenient
- Japanese: 面倒な (mendō na) — not convenient
- Japanese: 不便な (fuben na) — not convenient
- Japanese: 厄介な (yakkai na) — not convenient
- Kazakh: ыңғайсыз (yñğaisyz) — not convenient
- Korean: 불편(不便)하다 (bulpyeonhada) — not convenient
- Latin: incommodus — not convenient
- Norman: înc'mode — not convenient
- Polish: niewygodny — not convenient
- Portuguese: inconveniente — not convenient
- Russian: неудо́бный (neudóbnyj) — not convenient
- Spanish: inconveniente — not convenient
- Ukrainian: незру́чний (nezrúčnyj) — not convenient
- Urdu: نامناسب (nāmunāsib) — not convenient
- Vietnamese: bất tiện — not convenient
- Vietnamese: mất công — not convenient
- Spanish: inconveniente — noun
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