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Inconvenience yourself: ditch the remote, the garage door opener, the leaf-blower; buy a bike, broom, rake, and snow shovel.
Dan Buettner

Meaning of "inconvenience" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INCONVENIENCE

inconvenience  [ˌɪnkənˈviːnjəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCONVENIENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inconvenience is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb inconvenience in English.

WHAT DOES INCONVENIENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of inconvenience in the English dictionary

The first definition of inconvenience in the dictionary is the state or quality of being inconvenient. Other definition of inconvenience is something inconvenient; a hindrance, trouble, or difficulty. Inconvenience is also to cause inconvenience to; trouble or harass.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO INCONVENIENCE

PRESENT

Present
I inconvenience
you inconvenience
he/she/it inconveniences
we inconvenience
you inconvenience
they inconvenience
Present continuous
I am inconveniencing
you are inconveniencing
he/she/it is inconveniencing
we are inconveniencing
you are inconveniencing
they are inconveniencing
Present perfect
I have inconvenienced
you have inconvenienced
he/she/it has inconvenienced
we have inconvenienced
you have inconvenienced
they have inconvenienced
Present perfect continuous
I have been inconveniencing
you have been inconveniencing
he/she/it has been inconveniencing
we have been inconveniencing
you have been inconveniencing
they have been inconveniencing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I inconvenienced
you inconvenienced
he/she/it inconvenienced
we inconvenienced
you inconvenienced
they inconvenienced
Past continuous
I was inconveniencing
you were inconveniencing
he/she/it was inconveniencing
we were inconveniencing
you were inconveniencing
they were inconveniencing
Past perfect
I had inconvenienced
you had inconvenienced
he/she/it had inconvenienced
we had inconvenienced
you had inconvenienced
they had inconvenienced
Past perfect continuous
I had been inconveniencing
you had been inconveniencing
he/she/it had been inconveniencing
we had been inconveniencing
you had been inconveniencing
they had been inconveniencing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will inconvenience
you will inconvenience
he/she/it will inconvenience
we will inconvenience
you will inconvenience
they will inconvenience
Future continuous
I will be inconveniencing
you will be inconveniencing
he/she/it will be inconveniencing
we will be inconveniencing
you will be inconveniencing
they will be inconveniencing
Future perfect
I will have inconvenienced
you will have inconvenienced
he/she/it will have inconvenienced
we will have inconvenienced
you will have inconvenienced
they will have inconvenienced
Future perfect continuous
I will have been inconveniencing
you will have been inconveniencing
he/she/it will have been inconveniencing
we will have been inconveniencing
you will have been inconveniencing
they will have been inconveniencing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would inconvenience
you would inconvenience
he/she/it would inconvenience
we would inconvenience
you would inconvenience
they would inconvenience
Conditional continuous
I would be inconveniencing
you would be inconveniencing
he/she/it would be inconveniencing
we would be inconveniencing
you would be inconveniencing
they would be inconveniencing
Conditional perfect
I would have inconvenience
you would have inconvenience
he/she/it would have inconvenience
we would have inconvenience
you would have inconvenience
they would have inconvenience
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been inconveniencing
you would have been inconveniencing
he/she/it would have been inconveniencing
we would have been inconveniencing
you would have been inconveniencing
they would have been inconveniencing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you inconvenience
we let´s inconvenience
you inconvenience
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to inconvenience
Past participle
inconvenienced
Present Participle
inconveniencing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCONVENIENCE


appearance
əˈpɪərəns
assistance
əˈsɪstəns
audience
ˈɔːdɪəns
balance
ˈbæləns
brilliance
ˈbrɪljəns
compliance
kəmˈplaɪəns
conference
ˈkɒnfərəns
confidence
ˈkɒnfɪdəns
difference
ˈdɪfərəns
distance
ˈdɪstəns
evidence
ˈɛvɪdəns
experience
ɪkˈspɪərɪəns
imbalance
ɪmˈbæləns
importance
ɪmˈpɔːtəns
influence
ˈɪnflʊəns
insurance
ɪnˈʃʊərəns
Lawrence
ˈlɒrəns
license
ˈlaɪsəns
poignance
ˈpɔɪnjəns
valiance
ˈvæljəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCONVENIENCE

incontinently
incontrollable
incontrollably
incontrovertibility
incontrovertible
incontrovertibleness
incontrovertibly
inconveniency
inconvenient
inconveniently
inconversable
inconversant
inconvertibility
inconvertible
inconvertibleness
inconvertibly
inconvincibility
inconvincible
inconvincibleness
inconvincibly

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCONVENIENCE

ambience
at your convenience
at your earliest convenience
Bachelor of Science
computer science
conscience
convenience
flag of convenience
geoscience
life science
Master of Science
neuroscience
obedience
of the essence
patience
political science
resilience
science
social science
target audience
work experience

Synonyms and antonyms of inconvenience in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INCONVENIENCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «inconvenience» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of inconvenience

Translation of «inconvenience» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCONVENIENCE

Find out the translation of inconvenience to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of inconvenience from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inconvenience» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不便
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inconveniencia
570 millions of speakers

English

inconvenience
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

असुविधा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُضَايَقَةٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неудобство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inconveniência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসুবিধা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dérangement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesulitan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unannehmlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不便
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불편
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora nyaman
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự bất tiện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிரமத்திற்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गैरसोय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rahatsızlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inconveniente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niewygoda
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незручність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inconveniență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναστάτωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongerief
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

besvär
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bryderi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inconvenience

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCONVENIENCE»

The term «inconvenience» is very widely used and occupies the 17.076 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of inconvenience
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «inconvenience».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCONVENIENCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «inconvenience» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «inconvenience» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inconvenience

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «INCONVENIENCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word inconvenience.
1
Jane Austen
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
2
Dan Buettner
Inconvenience yourself: ditch the remote, the garage door opener, the leaf-blower; buy a bike, broom, rake, and snow shovel.
3
Paul Castellano
We're not children here. The law is-how should I put it? A convenience. Or a convenience for some people, and an inconvenience for other people.
4
Gilbert K. Chesterton
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
5
Joseph Force Crater
The truth of the matter was that I made myself disappear. I never liked being a Judge, so I just decided to start over. Sorry to inconvenience anyone.
6
Martin Feldstein
Thirty years ago, many economists argued that inflation was a kind of minor inconvenience and that the cost of reducing inflation was too high a price to pay. No one would make those arguments today.
7
Jane Fonda
If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.
8
Robert Fulghum
If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.
9
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
The small visual inconvenience of e-books is made up for with find and search functions, and the fungibility of digital text.
10
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
In my own life, I've seen myself ramping up the amount of text I consume digitally. For me, it's the weight and inconvenience issue - I want anything that will spare me having to carry around reams of paper.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCONVENIENCE»

Discover the use of inconvenience in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inconvenience and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Marriage of Inconvenience
Proposing to the Earl of Aynsley seems a sensible—if unconventional—solution to Miss Rebecca Peabody's predicament.
Cheryl Bolen, 2012
2
The Groom Came Back
Typical. It takes Dr. Jack Mitchell eight years to pull himself away from his terribly important career abroad and come home for a divorce.
Abby Gaines, 2012
3
How to Worry Friends and Inconvenience People
The perfect gift for those who have a surreal sense of humour, the book's suggestions include measuring the difficulty of games and puzzles in units of the cubic rube, impressing future employers by demonstrating how well you can ride an ...
Leila Johnston, 2007
4
A Temporary Inconvenience
The book reminds also that the grass is not always greener on the other side with pages of broken relationships, being lonely and homesick as well as the struggle to bring up children in a foreign country.
Andrew Mutandwa, 2010
5
Inconvenience Food: The Struggle to Eat Well on a Low Income
British study into the many dimensions of food poverty, i.e. the difficulty in securing access to an adequate diet on a low income.
Tim Lang, 2002
6
The Inconvenience of Being Born
Fotografisk billedværk.
Amy Arbus, 1999
7
A Marriage of Inconvenience
Lucy Jones is a nobody.
Susanna Fraser, 2011
8
Marriage of Inconvenience
However, that changes when she asks him to father the child she so desperately wants. Rich agrees—if she'll marry him. Because he thinks their Marriage of Inconvenience could become a real marriage instead.
Debbie Macomber, 2013
9
His Wife For One Night
Jack McKibbon knows the score when he offers to marry his best friend Mia Alatore.
Molly O''Keefe, 2012
10
A Marriage Between Friends (Mills & Boon Cherish) (Marriage ...
They were just friends when they got married.
Melinda Curtis, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCONVENIENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inconvenience is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Faulty ATMs causes inconvenience to people - Kashmir Images
Srinagar, July (KNS): Customers of different banks in the valley, particularly in Srinagar city, Friday faced inconvenience in drawing money from ... «Kashmir Images, Jul 15»
2
Up to SEVEN weeks of road disruption predicted in Harefield - Get …
They said: “We are sorry for any inconvenience that may be caused during planned works to replace cast iron pipes in the Northwood Road ... «getwestlondon, Jul 15»
3
Juror causes sex trial to collapse after googling defendant's name …
... 'Criminal trials that have to be abandoned because of misconduct by a juror cause substantial inconvenience and distress to those involved. «Metro, Jul 15»
4
CVS Photo website credit card info possibly stolen in breach | WGN-TV
We apologize for the inconvenience. “Customers who provided credit card information for transactions on CVSPhoto.com are advised to check ... «WGN-TV, Jul 15»
5
IBM Will Ship Traveling Employees' Breast Milk Home
And IBM isn't exactly committing itself to a massive inconvenience, because as Fortune points out, the company has a female CEO but a mere ... «Jezebel, Jul 15»
6
Councillors clash over 'ideological' budget cuts in … - From York Press
Andrew Walker said the small inconvenience caused to drivers by the lower speeds was a “price worth paying” for safer streets. Cllr Steward said: “We have ... «The Press, York, Jul 15»
7
Surprise roof fault forces closure of Lerwick pool - The Shetland Times
Trust genera manager James Johnston said: “We apologise for the obvious inconvenience this causes to our customers, but their safety is ... «Shetland Times Online, Jul 15»
8
EasyJet flight to Tel Aviv forced to make emergency landing in Berlin …
“We would like to thank passengers for their patience and apologise for any inconvenience caused due to the delay. The safety and welfare of ... «Jewish Chronicle, Jul 15»
9
Marriage of inCONvenience: six rebel Tory councillors split from …
Marriage of inCONvenience: six rebel Tory councillors split from party amid rumours they were forced to work with old enemies. 14:30, 16 July ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
10
Long power outage is more than an inconvenience for some
Indianapolis (July 14, 2015) – In a darkened nursery in the 1400 block of South Mickley Avenue, Shawn Stewart was keeping close watch over ... «WTTV CBS4Indy, Jul 15»

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