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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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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