inconvenience
verb/ˌɪnkənˈviːniəns/
/ˌɪnkənˈviːniəns/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they inconvenience | /ˌɪnkənˈviːniəns/ /ˌɪnkənˈviːniəns/ |
| he / she / it inconveniences | /ˌɪnkənˈviːniənsɪz/ /ˌɪnkənˈviːniənsɪz/ |
| past simple inconvenienced | /ˌɪnkənˈviːniənst/ /ˌɪnkənˈviːniənst/ |
| past participle inconvenienced | /ˌɪnkənˈviːniənst/ /ˌɪnkənˈviːniənst/ |
| -ing form inconveniencing | /ˌɪnkənˈviːniənsɪŋ/ /ˌɪnkənˈviːniənsɪŋ/ |
- inconvenience somebody to cause trouble or difficulty for somebody
- I hope that we haven't inconvenienced you.
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failurec1- The general public has been greatly inconvenienced by this strike.
- Thousands of commuters have been inconvenienced by the cancellations.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- greatly
- seriously
Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘incongruity’, also ‘unsuitability’): via Old French from late Latin inconvenientia ‘incongruity, inconsistency’, from in- ‘not’ + Latin convenient- ‘agreeing, fitting’ (from the verb convenire ‘assemble, agree, fit’, from con- ‘together’ + venire ‘come’).Want to learn more?
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