inconvenient

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=con=ven=ient

CIDE DICTIONARY

inconvenient, a. [L. inconveniens unbefitting: cf. F. inconvénient. See In- not, and Convenient.].

•  Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.  [1913 Webster]
•  Not convenient; giving trouble, uneasiness, or annoyance; hindering progress or success; uncomfortable; disadvantageous; incommodious; inopportune; as, an inconvenient house, garment, arrangement, or time.

Syn. -- Unsuitable; uncomfortable; disaccommodating; awkward; annoying; unseasonable; inopportune; incommodious; disadvantageous; troublesome; cumbersome; embarrassing; objectionable.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inconvenient, adj.
1 unfavourable to ease or comfort; not convenient.
2 awkward, troublesome.

Derivative

inconveniently adv.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. L inconveniens -entis (as IN-(1), CONVENIENT)

THESAURUS

inconvenient

annoying, awkward, bothersome, bulky, burdensome, clumsy, contrary, crosswise, cumbersome, detrimental, disadvantageous, discommodious, disturbing, embarrassing, hulking, hulky, ill-considered, ill-seasoned, ill-timed, impractical, improper, inappropriate, inauspicious, incommodious, inexpedient, infelicitous, inopportune, intempestive, intrusive, irksome, irrelevant, irritating, late, mal a propos, malapropos, mistimed, off base, onerous, out of line, out of phase, out of time, perverse, pestiferous, ponderous, prejudicial, premature, too late, too soon, troublesome, unbefitting, unfavorable, unfit, unfitting, unfortunate, unhandy, unhappy, unlucky, unmanageable, unpropitious, unready, unripe, unseasonable, unsettling, unsuitable, untimely, untoward, unwieldy, upsetting, wrong

ROGET THESAURUS

inconvenient

Inexpedience

N inexpedience, inexpediency, undesirableness, undesirability, discommodity, impropriety, unfitness, inutility, disadvantage, inexpedient, undesirable, unadvisable, inadvisable, objectionable, inapt, ineligible, inadmissible, inconvenient, incommodious, discommodious, disadvantageous, inappropriate, unfit, ill-contrived, ill-advised, unsatisfactory, unprofitable, unsubservient, inopportune, out of place, in the wrong place, improper, unseemly, clumsy, awkward, cumbrous, cumbersome, lumbering, unwieldy, hulky, unmanageable, impedient, unnecessary, it will never do.