Definition of INCONVENIENT

inconvenient

Meanings

Plural: inconvenients

Adjective

  • not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs
    • "it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen"
    • "the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone"

Adjective Satellite

  • not conveniently timed
    • "an early departure is inconvenient for us"

Adj

  • not convenient

Noun

  • An inconsistency, an incongruity.
  • An inconvenient circumstance or situation; an inconvenience.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French inconvenient, from Latin inconvenientem.

Antonyms

convenient

Scrabble Score: 17

inconvenient is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
inconvenient is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
inconvenient is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 23

inconvenient is a valid Words With Friends word