inconvenientadj.n.
/ɪnkənˈviːnɪənt/ A. adj.† 1. Not agreeing or consonant; discordant, incongruous; inconsistent with reason or rule, absurd. Obsolete.† 2. † b. Const. for, to. Obsolete.† 3. Morally or ethically unsuitable; unbecoming in manner; unseemly, improper. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective]
discordablea1393
discordanta1393
discordinga1398
incongruea1398
inconvenient1398
unaccording1398
discordc1415
disagreeablea1425
inconsutilec1450
unaccordanta1470
dissonant1490
disaccordanta1513
disagreeing?1526
incongruent1531
wide1531
unconsonant1535
dissonate1548
dissenting1550
dissident?c1550
unagreeable?1550
disconformc1554
discrepant1556
absonant1564
dissentany1586
disconsorted1589
disagreed1596
discordous1597
discordious1598
incorrespondent1599
dissentious1605
untunable1605
incongruous1611
unagreeing1611
unanswerable1611
eccentric1612
unconcurrent1613
disconsonant1614
dissentaneous1623
dissorting1631
uncorrespondent1631
discorrespondent1635
incoincident1636
unconcurring1639
eccentrical1640
unatonable1645
incompliant1647
pluranimous1650
disconformeda1658
inagreeable1657
inconsonant1658
disharmonious1659
inconcinn1660
discongruous1663
unharmonious1667
discoherent1675
uncongruous1709
inharmonious1749
immutual1768
unharmonized1803
unconsentaneous1818
inaccordant1822
uncorresponding1826
unharmonizing1851
non-concurring1866
discordful1867
disharmonic1887
non-concurrent1907
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adjective] > incongruous, inconsistent
inconvenient1398
inconsequent1579
inconsequential1623
absonous1642
unconsequential1769
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) viii. xxviii Þanne it is nouȝt in conueniente to sette þat twei bodies bene ifeere in one place ȝif one of ham is sotel and formal..of þat oþer material and vnperfite.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Inconuenient, abhorrynge, discordynge..absurdus.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Fii/1 Inconuenient, incongruus.
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) iii. 40 In which booke many things..were found inconvenient, and contrary to the true faith.
1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 57 Nothing is ascribed unto him that is unreasonable, inconvenient unto him in the Discharge of his Office.
a. Not befitting the case or circumstances; unsuitable, unmeet, inappropriate, out of place. Obsolete.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [adjective]
unbecomelyc1200
uncomelyc1230
unsetec1325
unconablea1340
unhonestc1380
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
disconvenienta1425
unjustc1443
unconvenient1450
unsoundablec1450
inconvenientc1460
unorderly1471
mis-seeminga1522
unconvenable1542
undecent1546
ungreeing1560
graceless1562
unsetting1567
unhovable1570
ill1586
uncouth1589
unfittinga1592
unbeseeming1593
seemless1596
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
ill-seta1627
unbeseemly1648
ungainlya1660
indecorous1681
paw-paw1723
ungain-like1796
jive1971
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective]
unkinOE
un-i-feieOE
unbecomelyc1200
amissc1325
wrongousa1350
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unquemea1400
inconvenientc1400
unlikelyc1405
disconvenienta1425
impertinenta1425
discovenablec1436
unmeetc1440
wrongc1440
unjustc1443
unbehovablec1450
inconvenientc1460
uncordial1488
unmeetly1534
unapt1539
unfit1548
incommodious1553
ungreeing1560
impertinent1565
stravagant1565
unproper1566
improper1570
unhovable1570
unapt1579
unbeseeming1583
unsuitablea1586
unappliable1588
unapt1588
unlikely1590
unfittinga1592
unfitted1592
unsuiting1596
unbefitting1598
unsorted1598
unsuited1598
contrary1600
impair1609
unfitty1613
incompetible1621
incongruous1623
infita1626
uncompetiblea1628
inaccommodatea1657
inapplicable1656
inconcinnate1657
inconcinnous1662
inept1675
unaccommodatea1676
incommode1678
indecorous1681
untoward1682
unapplicable1690
insuitable1692
unsuit1704
malapropos1709
inapt1744
out of place1748
uncongenial1788
unfit-like1796
ungain-like1796
inappropriate1804
unadapted1805
dissuitable1807
dissuited1819
ineligible1828
infelicitous1835
unapropos1840
butt-ended1850
malappropriate1851
ungenial1871
misappropriate1878
unbecoming1893
unappropriate1898
unadjusted1899
offside1910
off-key1943
improbable1958
c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) ix. 128 That diuerse lordis off Englande haue also moch livelode off thair owne, as than shall remayne in the kynges handes ffor his extraordinarie charges; wich were inconvenient, and wold be to the kynge right dredefull.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Inconuenient tyme, intempestas.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. ii. 64 If it appeare not inconuenient to you. View more context for this quotation
1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) xli. 306 Because the Pike is so noble a Fish,..it's not inconvenient, if I..make a more particular Discourse of him.
1840 R. M. McCheyne in Mem. (1872) 449 It will make the Syren Songs of this world inconvenient.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective]
unkinOE
un-i-feieOE
unbecomelyc1200
amissc1325
wrongousa1350
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unquemea1400
inconvenientc1400
unlikelyc1405
disconvenienta1425
impertinenta1425
discovenablec1436
unmeetc1440
wrongc1440
unjustc1443
unbehovablec1450
inconvenientc1460
uncordial1488
unmeetly1534
unapt1539
unfit1548
incommodious1553
ungreeing1560
impertinent1565
stravagant1565
unproper1566
improper1570
unhovable1570
unapt1579
unbeseeming1583
unsuitablea1586
unappliable1588
unapt1588
unlikely1590
unfittinga1592
unfitted1592
unsuiting1596
unbefitting1598
unsorted1598
unsuited1598
contrary1600
impair1609
unfitty1613
incompetible1621
incongruous1623
infita1626
uncompetiblea1628
inaccommodatea1657
inapplicable1656
inconcinnate1657
inconcinnous1662
inept1675
unaccommodatea1676
incommode1678
indecorous1681
untoward1682
unapplicable1690
insuitable1692
unsuit1704
malapropos1709
inapt1744
out of place1748
uncongenial1788
unfit-like1796
ungain-like1796
inappropriate1804
unadapted1805
dissuitable1807
dissuited1819
ineligible1828
infelicitous1835
unapropos1840
butt-ended1850
malappropriate1851
ungenial1871
misappropriate1878
unbecoming1893
unappropriate1898
unadjusted1899
offside1910
off-key1943
improbable1958
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 85 An inconuenient medicyn to þat membre.
1651 J. Goodwin Άπολύτρωσις Άπολυτρώσεως i. §5 Which signification is no ways inconvenient for this place.
1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xi. 94 No meat so wholsom as Phesant-pouts; but to strong stomacks it is inconvenientest.
1692 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §159 The reading of the whole Scripture indifferently, is..very inconvenient for Children.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective]
unbecomelyc1200
uncomelyc1230
unseemlya1300
unsetec1325
unseemly1338
unconablea1340
unseeminga1340
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unseemc1425
unjustc1443
unconvenient1450
unsoundablec1450
unhonestc1503
inconvenienta1513
mis-seeminga1522
unconvenable1542
undecent1546
graceless1562
unsetting1567
indecent1570
misbecoming1589
misbeseeming1589
uncouth1589
unbeseeming1593
seemless1596
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
wry1601
disbecominga1639
unbeseemly1648
improper1739
ugly1879
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > unseemly
unthewfulc1050
unbecomelyc1200
unhend?c1225
uncomelyc1230
unseemlya1300
unsetec1325
unconablea1340
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unlikelya1425
unconvenient1450
unsoundablec1450
unorderly1471
unhonestc1503
inconvenienta1513
mis-seeminga1522
unconvenable1542
undecent1546
unsetting1567
indecent1570
uncouth1589
unfittinga1592
unbeseeming1593
seemless1596
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
unbeseemly1648
untoward1658
indecorous1682
ungain-like1796
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxxviii. f. cxiiv He walowed in Lechery giuynge hym to all vicious and inconuenyent lyfe of his body.
1542 Proclam. Henry VIII 22 July in T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry (1781) III. xxxvi. 323 Boyes do singe masse, and preache in the pulpitt, with such other vnfittinge and inconuenient vsages.
a1694 J. Tillotson Serm. (1742) II. xxii. 77 It is very inconvenient to say, that they who were to teach the precepts of Christ to others, did themselves break them by inspiration.
4. Not conducive to ease of action or condition; unfavourable to comfort; incommodious, troublesome, embarrassing, disadvantageous, awkward. (The current sense.)
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > disadvantageousness > [adjective]
discommodious1540
disprofitable1548
disadvantageous1550
disadvantageable1587
inexpedient1608
disvantageous1622
unbeneficial1626
inconvenient1651
unserviceable1698
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inconvenience > [adjective]
disconvenienta1475
discommodious1540
unmanageable1650
inconvenient1651
ill-convenient1708
unbain1828
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvi. 147 The people of Rome grew so numerous, as it was inconvenient to assemble them.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Inconvenient, not convenient, troublesome, cumbersome.
1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough ii. i If it be not inconvenient to you, he'll come and wait upon you.
1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance xvi. 166 This species of nervous sympathy..was yet found rather inconvenient in its practical operations.
1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood xviii. 140 We have a good choice of inconvenient lodgings in the town.
B. n. That which is inconvenient.† 1. Something discordant, an incongruity, an inconsistency; something inconsistent with reason, an absurdity. Obsolete.† 2. Something morally unfitting; an unseemly or unbecoming act; an impropriety, an abuse.† 3. A troublesome or untoward circumstance; a misfortune, a mishap; an inconvenience. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > instance of
inconvenientc1374
variament1491
contrariety1532
discord1533
incongruitya1610
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [noun] > incongruity, inconsistency > instance of
inconvenientc1374
inconveniencec1460
inconveniency1662
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) v. pr. iii. 123 And yit ther folweth a noother inconuenyent of the whiche ther ne may ben thoght no moore felonos ne moore wykke, and þat is this, þat [etc.].
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 81 Noon inconuenient is thouȝ God ordeyned the seid resoun.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. cccliii I wene that non inconuenyent shalt thou fynde betwene goddes forwetyng & lyberte of arbitrement, wherfore I wot wel they may stande togider.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unseemly behaviour or unseemliness > instance of
inconvenienta1464
undecency1624
indecency1639
evagation1649
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > unfitting conduct > [noun] > instance of
inconvenienta1464
misbehaviour1486
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 219 Aftir þe batayle ful schamefully þe Walsch women cutte of mennes membris, and put hem in her mouthis þat were ded, and many oþir inconuenientis ded þei þat same tyme.
1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton 3 b The Synnes and inconuenientes that comen of playeng.
1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xiii. f. 26v The whiche mesemeth is the grettest inconuenyent that nowe is suffred by the lawe.
?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature i. sig. Aiij Proudenesse ye abhorre, with lyke inconuenyentes.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inconvenience > [noun] > an inconvenience
inconvenient?a1475
inconvenientise1528
unconvenience1535
inconvenience1578
inconveniency1640
disaccommodation1645
discommodity1662
put-out1833
discomfort1841
aggro1969
the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > an untoward occurrence
adversity1340
contrariositiesc1425
contrarietyc1430
inconveniencya1450
inconvenient?a1475
inconvenience1490
unconvenient?c1536
traverse1538
cross1573
crossbar1582
?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 469 Somme inconvenientes wolde folowe with ynne schorte space, bothe to hym and to the realme.
1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 33 Here is yet noone so gret inconvenient of aventure ne mysfortune falle at this tyme, but that it hathe be seene fallen er now.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 79 Þis inconuenient mai not be voydid.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Piiiv And so by these meanes thou shalt..eschewe many sclaunders & inconuenientes.
a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 532 Eschewing any danger or inconvenient quhilk may be likelie to fall out.
a1650 G. Boate Irelands Nat. Hist. (1652) viii. 65 In her mouth, she is incumbred with severall inconvenients.
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