Inconvenience

Definitions

1. The quality of being inconvenient.
   countable, uncountable
2. Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

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

“[Man] is liable to a great many inconveniences.”

“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.”

“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.”

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