Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense inconveniences, present participle inconveniencing, past tense, past participle inconvenienced
1. variable noun
If someone or something causes inconvenience, they cause problems or difficulties.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused during the repairs.
The practical inconveniences of long hair are negligible.
Synonyms: trouble, difficulty, bother, upset More Synonyms of inconvenience
2. verb
If someone inconveniences you, they cause problems or difficulties for you.
He promised to be quick so as not to inconvenience them any further. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: trouble, bother, disturb, upset More Synonyms of inconvenience
More Synonyms of inconvenience
inconvenience in British English
(ˌɪnkənˈviːnjəns, -ˈviːnɪəns)
noun
1.
the state or quality of being inconvenient
2.
something inconvenient; a hindrance, trouble, or difficulty
verb
3. (transitive)
to cause inconvenience to; trouble or harass
inconvenience in American English
(ˌɪnkənˈvinjəns)
noun
1.
the quality or state of being inconvenient; lack of comfort, ease, etc.; bother; trouble
2.
anything inconvenient
: Also ˌinconˈveniency (ˌɪnkənˈvinjənsi)Word forms: pluralˌinconˈveniencies
verb transitiveWord forms: ˌinconˈvenienced or ˌinconˈveniencing
3.
to cause inconvenience to; cause trouble or bother to; incommode
Word origin
OFr < LL inconvenientia
COBUILD Collocations
inconvenience
minor inconvenience
Examples of 'inconvenience' in a sentence
inconvenience
We will pay compensation in full and apologise for the inconvenience caused.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It apologised to you for the inconvenience caused.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The post office has apologised to you for the inconvenience caused and the time it took to resolve your problem.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
We apologise for the inconvenience caused.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It has also paid additional compensation of 250 for the distress and inconvenience she suffered.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We apologise for any inconvenience caused," said the spokesman.
Computing (2010)
What they do causes great inconvenience to innocent people.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused to passengers.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We should take imported inflation seriously and not just treat it as a minor inconvenience.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This had the potential to cause me great inconvenience as my husband was away for four weeks.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused.
The Sun (2013)
This is more than a minor inconvenience.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The closing of the shop caused great inconvenience.
Beatrix Potter The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1930)
We have apologised for the inconvenience caused and are making sure that we put this right.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The minor inconvenience is made up for by the superb views over the loch.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The fact that she was completely untrained was simply a minor inconvenience.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There are some cases where it is not only a question of financial loss and inconvenience but the distress as well.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Honestly, the practical inconvenience is not the problem.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Although few could hope to get home, they would cause the enemy immense trouble and inconvenience.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In recognition of the distress and inconvenience caused, we have offered a payment of redress.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Here, the bride could show only distress and inconvenience.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
To do so would entail great inconvenience and high costs for learning to deal with a new distributor's system.
Davidow, William H. & Uttal, Bro Total Customer Service (The Ultimate Weapon) (1990)
Banking and shopping are increasingly being done online, which means a theft can be more than just a practical inconvenience.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Yet, on balance, not a great inconvenience.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
You may also get 25 to 500 compensation for distress and inconvenience.
The Sun (2008)
Yesterday a chain spokesman said: 'We apologise for any distress or inconvenience caused.
The Sun (2011)
It is impossible to get at them now without going to a Library, which is a great inconvenience.
Lesley Adkins EMPIRES OF THE PLAIN: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon (2003)
No, you've got to put up with all the inconvenience and costs of growing your crops or rearing animals.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I experienced no sort of difficulty or inconvenience on the road, being generally taken for an Afghan.
Lesley Adkins EMPIRES OF THE PLAIN: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon (2003)
If such was the case, she reasoned, then any simple home facial could produce a similar result at far less cost and inconvenience.
Sedgbeer, Sandra The A-Z of Beauty Treatment (1994)
Quotations
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly consideredG.K. ChestertonAll Things Considered
In other languages
inconvenience
British English: inconvenience /ˌɪnkənˈviːnjəns; -ˈviːnɪəns/ NOUN
If someone or something causes inconvenience, they cause problems or difficulties.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused during the repairs.
American English: inconvenience
Arabic: مُضَايَقَةٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: inconveniência
Chinese: 不便
Croatian: neugodnost
Czech: potíž
Danish: ulejlighed
Dutch: ongemak
European Spanish: inconveniencia
Finnish: hankaluus vaiva
French: dérangement
German: Unannehmlichkeit
Greek: αναστάτωση
Italian: inconveniente
Japanese: 不便
Korean: 불편
Norwegian: bryderi
Polish: niewygoda
European Portuguese: inconveniência
Romanian: inconveniență
Russian: неудобство
Latin American Spanish: inconveniencia
Swedish: besvär
Thai: ความไม่สะดวก
Turkish: rahatsızlık
Ukrainian: незручність
Vietnamese: sự bất tiện
British English: inconvenience VERB
If someone inconveniences you, they cause problems or difficulties for you.
He promised to be quick so as not to inconvenience them any further.
American English: inconvenience
Brazilian Portuguese: incomodar
Chinese: 给…带来不便
European Spanish: incomodar
French: déranger
German: Umstände bereiten
Italian: disturbare
Japanese: 迷惑をかける
Korean: 불편을 끼치다
European Portuguese: incomodar
Latin American Spanish: incomodar
Chinese translation of 'inconvenience'
inconvenience
(ɪnkənˈviːnjəns)
n(c/u)
不便 (bùbiàn)
vt
打扰(擾) (dǎrǎo)
1 (noun)
Definition
a state or instance of trouble or difficulty
We apologize for any inconvenience caused during the repairs.
Synonyms
trouble
You've caused a lot of trouble.
difficulty
The main difficulty has been getting enough students to try out the scheme.
bother
Most men hate the bother of shaving.
upset
a source of continuity in times of worry and upset
fuss
He gets down to work without any fuss.
disadvantage
They suffer the disadvantage of having been political exiles.
disturbance
The home would cause less disturbance than a school.
disruption
drawback
The only drawback was that the apartment was too small.
hassle (informal)
I don't think it's worth the money or the hassle.
nuisance
He can be a bit of a nuisance when he's drunk.
It's a real nuisance having to pick up the kids from school every day.
downside
There is a downside to this.
annoyance
To her annoyance the stranger did not go away.
hindrance
Higher rates have been a hindrance to economic recovery.
awkwardness
vexation
the tribulations and vexations we have to put up with
uphill (South Africa)
This job has been a real uphill.
2 (noun)
You can change gear without the inconvenience of a clutch pedal.
Synonyms
awkwardness
unfitness
unwieldiness
cumbersomeness
unhandiness
unsuitableness
untimeliness
(verb)
Definition
to cause trouble or difficulty to (someone)
He promised not to inconvenience them any further.
Synonyms
trouble
‘Good morning. I'm sorry to trouble you.’
bother
That kind of jealousy doesn't bother me.
disturb
I didn't want to disturb you.
upset
She warned me not to say anything to upset him.
disrupt
The drought has disrupted agricultural production.
put out
hassle (informal)
irk
discommode
give (someone) bother or trouble
make (someone) go out of their way
put to trouble
Quotation
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered [G.K. Chesterton – All Things Considered]