INCONVENIENCE

troublesomeness, inconvenience, worriment

(noun) a difficulty that causes anxiety

inconvenience

(noun) the quality of not being useful or convenient

inconvenience, incommodiousness

(noun) an inconvenient discomfort

trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother

(verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; “Sorry to trouble you, but...”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

inconvenience (countable and uncountable, plural inconveniences)

The quality of being inconvenient.

Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.

Synonyms

• (something inconvenient): annoyance, nuisance, trouble

Verb

inconvenience (third-person singular simple present inconveniences, present participle inconveniencing, simple past and past participle inconvenienced)

to bother; to discomfort

Synonyms

• (obsolete) discommodate

Source: Wiktionary

In`con*ven"ience, n. Etym: [L. inconvenientia inconsistency: cf. OF. inconvenience.]

1. The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement. They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, . . . of ceremonies in burial. Hooker.

2. That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness; disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success; as, one inconvenience of life is poverty. A place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds of rain, or other inconvenience. Sir W. Raleigh. Man is liable to a great many inconveniences. Tillotson.

Syn.

– Incommodiousness; awkwardness; disadvantage; disquiet; uneasiness; disturbance; annoyance.

In`con*ven"ience, v. t.

Definition: To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a neighbor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition