INCONVENIENT


Meaning of INCONVENIENT in English

in ‧ con ‧ ve ‧ ni ‧ ent /ˌɪnkənˈviːniənt◂/ BrE AmE adjective

[ Word Family: verb : ↑ inconvenience ; noun : ↑ convenience ≠ ↑ inconvenience ; adverb : ↑ conveniently ≠ ↑ inconveniently ; adjective : ↑ convenient ≠ ↑ inconvenient ]

causing problems, often in a way that is annoying OPP convenient :

Monday’s a bit inconvenient for me. How about Wednesday?

Am I calling at an inconvenient time?

—inconveniently adverb

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THESAURUS

▪ unsuitable/not suitable not having the right qualities for a particular person, purpose, or situation:

These toys are not suitable for children under 3.

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The job was considered unsuitable for women.

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Some dogs end up in totally unsuitable homes.

▪ not appropriate/inappropriate not suitable for a particular situation or purpose – used especially about someone's behaviour or language:

Slang is not appropriate in an academic essay.

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Never reward inappropriate behaviour.

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It would not be appropriate for us to comment at this stage.

▪ wrong not the right thing or person for a particular job or purpose:

You’re using the wrong spoon – this is the soup spoon.

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She was simply the wrong person for the job.

▪ out of place [not before noun] not looking or seeming suitable for that place or situation:

The horse drawn carriage looks a little out of place among the busy traffic.

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At first I felt a bit out of place.

▪ incompatible two ideas or things that are incompatible cannot exist or be done together. Two people who are incompatible are unlikely to have a successful relationship, because they have very different characters, beliefs etc:

He considered the role of wife and mother to be incompatible with a career.

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Why do totally incompatible people get married?

▪ incongruous formal seeming strange and unsuitable, often in a humorous way, because of being unexpected in a particular situation or very different from its surroundings:

It seemed incongruous having a dance-band at the funeral.

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He was dressed in a three-piece suit with an incongruous tie shaped like a fish.

▪ inconvenient an inconvenient place or time is not suitable and causes problems for you:

He always seems to call at inconvenient times.

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The new station is inconvenient to pedestrians, because it is a long walk from the centre of town.

▪ unfit not suitable to be used for something, or not suitable to do something :

The boat is not only unfit to live in but is actually unsafe.

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The meat was declared unfit for human consumption (=not suitable to eat) .

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He claims she is an unfit mother.

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A jury decided Pryse-Jones was unfit to stand trial at court because of his mental illness.

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The house was unfit for human habitation (=not suitable to live in) .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.