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Dictionary: in·con·ven·ience   (ĭn'kən-vēn'yəns) pronunciation
n.
  1. The state or quality of being inconvenient.
  2. Something inconvenient.
tr.v., -ienced, -ienc·ing, -ienc·es.
To cause inconvenience to; trouble: The snow inconvenienced the holiday travelers.


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noun

  1. The state or quality of being inconvenient: discomfort, incommodiousness, incommodity, trouble. See comfort/discomfort.
  2. Something that causes difficulty, trouble, or lack of ease: discomfort, incommodity. See comfort/discomfort.

verb

    To cause inconvenience for: discomfort, discommode, incommode, put out, trouble. See comfort/discomfort.

Antonyms: inconvenience
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n

Definition: bother, trouble
Antonyms: advantage, benefit, convenience, help, profit

v

Definition: bother, trouble
Antonyms: aid, assist, be convenient, benefit, help


WordNet: inconvenience
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The noun has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: an inconvenient discomfort
  Synonym: incommodiousness

Meaning #2: the quality of an embarrassing situation
  Synonyms: awkwardness, nuisance value

Meaning #3: a difficulty that causes anxiety
  Synonyms: troublesomeness, worriment

Meaning #4: the quality of not being useful or convenient
  Antonym: convenience (meaning #2)


The verb inconvenience has one meaning:

Meaning #1: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
  Synonyms: trouble, put out, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother


Translations: Inconvenience
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ulejlighed, besvær, ulempe, gene
v. tr. - ulejlige, besvære, forulempe, genere

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongemak, ongerief bezorgen

Français (French)
n. - inconvénient, dérangement, incommodité
v. tr. - déranger, incommoder, gêner

Deutsch (German)
n. - Unannehmlichkeiten, Unbequemlichkeit
v. - Unannehmlichkeiten bereiten, belästigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ενόχληση, μπελάς, φασαρία, σκοτούρα, δυσχέρεια
v. - ξεβολεύω, βάζω σε μπελά(δες)

Italiano (Italian)
disturbo, disagio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - inconveniência (f)
v. - incomodar

Русский (Russian)
неудобство, причинять неудобства

Español (Spanish)
n. - molestia, incomodidad, inconveniencia, inoportunidad
v. tr. - incomodar, molestar, estorbar, causar inconvenientes

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - olägenhet, besvär, omak
v. - besvära, störa

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不便, 困难, 使感不便, 使感困难

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 不便, 困難
v. tr. - 使感不便, 使感困難

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 불편, 폐
v. tr. - ~에게 불편을 느끼게 하다, ~에게 폐를 끼치다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 不便, 不自由, 不都合, 迷惑, 不便なこと
v. - 不便をかける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إزعاج, لا ملائمه (فعل) يزعج, يضايق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אי נוחות, אי נעימות, טרחה‬
v. tr. - ‮גרם אי נוחות‬


 
 
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