INCONVENIENT

inconvenient

(adjective) not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs; “it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen”; “the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone”

inconvenient

(adjective) not conveniently timed; “an early departure is inconvenient for us”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

inconvenient (comparative more inconvenient, superlative most inconvenient)

not convenient

Antonym: convenient

Noun

inconvenient (plural inconvenients)

(obsolete) An inconsistency, an incongruity.

(obsolete) An inconvenient circumstance or situation; an inconvenience.

Anagrams

• nonincentive

Source: Wiktionary


In`con*ven"ient, a. Etym: [L. inconveniens unbefitting: cf. F. inconvénient. See In- not, and Convenient.]

1. Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.

2. 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; unseasonable; inopportune; incommodious; disadvantageous; troublesome; cumbersome; embarrassing; objectionable.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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