inconvenience

CEFRB2

/ɪnkənˈviːnɪəns/

noun

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01
noun
A problem or difficulty that causes trouble or extra effort.
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noun
Extra detail
Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.

Examples

Don't you feel any inconvenience living abroad?
It is no inconvenience to drive you home.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 4
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

Also pronounced

/ɪnkənˈvinjəns/
/ɪŋk-/

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noun

Extra meanings

To bother; to discomfort.
The quality of being inconvenient.

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Excuse us for the inconvenience.
[Man] is liable to a great many inconveniences.
They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, […] of ceremonies in burial.

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They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, […] of ceremonies in burial.
[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
[Man] is liable to a great many inconveniences.
1664, John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious. Job XXVIII. 28.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], Lo...
He declared that these drastic steps would undoubtedly inconvenience a good many people, but the alternative was bankruptcy of the Ulster Transport Authority and the breakdown of public transport services.
1956 May, “Transport in Ulster”, in Railway Magazine, page 279
The inconveniences that must be endured before the modernisation plan can come into action may be seen at Coventry, where since August the station has been in the throes of rebuilding.
1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Part, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 101
An artificial kidney […] can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.
2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly)

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Origin

noun

From Middle English inconvenience, from Old French inconvenience (“misfortune, calamity, impropriety”) (compare French inconvenance (“impropriety”) and inconvénient (“inconvenience”)), from Late Latin inconvenientia (“inconsistency, incongruity”).

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noun

I apologize for the blank caused by the flight delay and offer you a voucher.