inconvenience
pronunciation
How to pronounce inconvenience in British English:
UK [ˌɪnkənˈviːniəns]
How to pronounce inconvenience in American English:
US [ˌɪnkənˈviːniəns]
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- Noun:
- an inconvenient discomfort
- a difficulty that causes anxiety
- the quality of not being useful or convenient
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- Verb:
- to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
Word Origin
- inconvenience (n.)
- c. 1400, "harm, damage, danger," also "a harmful incident, misfortune, affliction," from Old French inconvenience "misfortune, calamity; impropriety" (Modern French inconvenance), from Late Latin inconvenientia "lack of consistency, incongruity," noun of quality from inconvenientem (see inconvenient). Later "impropriety, unfitness; an improper act or utterance" (early 15c.). Meaning "quality of being inconvenient" is from 1650s.
- inconvenience (v.)
- 1650s, from inconvenience (n.). Related: Inconvenienced; inconveniencing.
Antonym
Example
- 1. She said that she was sorry for any inconvenience .
- 2. This is an inconvenience for some japanese and korean businessmen .
- 3. I 'm terribly sorry for the inconvenience .
- 4. On behalf of linux advocates everywhere , we apologise for this inconvenience .
- 5. We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused and thank you for your patience .