INCONVENIENT


Meaning of INCONVENIENT in English

/ ˌɪnkənˈviːniənt; NAmE / adjective

causing trouble or problems, especially concerning what you need or would like yourself :

an inconvenient time / place

OPP convenient

►  in·con·veni·ent·ly adverb

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English (originally in the sense incongruous or unsuitable ): via Old French from Latin inconvenient- , from in- not + convenient- agreeing, fitting (from the verb convenire assemble, agree, fit, from con- together + venire come). Current senses date from the mid 17th cent.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.