INCONVENIENCE


Meaning of INCONVENIENCE in English

I. ˌin-kən-ˈvē-nyən(t)s noun

Etymology: Middle English, misfortune, inconsistency, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin inconvenientia, from Latin inconvenient-, inconveniens

Date: 1534

1. : something that is inconvenient

2. : the quality or state of being inconvenient

II. transitive verb

( -nienced ; -nienc·ing )

Date: circa 1656

: to subject to inconvenience : put to trouble

sorry to inconvenience you

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.