"inconvenient" meaning in English

See inconvenient in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more inconvenient [comparative], most inconvenient [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French inconvenient, from Latin inconvenientem. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|inconvenient}} Middle French inconvenient, {{der|en|la|inconveniens|inconvenientem}} Latin inconvenientem Head templates: {{en-adj}} inconvenient (comparative more inconvenient, superlative most inconvenient)
  1. not convenient Translations (not convenient): ἀνεύθετος (aneúthetos) (Ancient Greek), нязру́чны (njazrúčny) (Belarusian), невыго́дны (njevyhódny) (Belarusian), неудобен (neudoben) (Bulgarian), притеснителен (pritesnitelen) (Bulgarian), inconvenient (Catalan), 不方便 (bùfāngbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 不便 (bùbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), nepohodlný (Czech), ongemakkelijk (Dutch), storend (Dutch), ongelegen (Dutch), niet van pas komend (Dutch), hankala (Finnish), epämukava (Finnish), sopimaton (Finnish), incommode [feminine, masculine] (French), inconvenant [masculine] (French), unbequem (German), unpraktisch (German), ungünstig (German), ungelegen (German), unpassend (German), unangebracht (German), inopportun (German), lästig (German), unannehmlich [obsolete, rare] (German), kényelmetlen (Hungarian), aistreánach (note: of a place) (Irish), aistreach (note: of a place) (Irish), sconveniente (Italian), 面倒な (mendō na) (Japanese), 不便な (fuben na) (Japanese), 厄介な (yakkai na) (Japanese), ыңғайсыз (yñğaisyz) (Kazakh), 불편(不便)하다 (bulpyeonhada) (Korean), incommodus (Latin), înc'mode [Jersey] (Norman), niewygodny (Polish), inconveniente (Portuguese), неудо́бный (neudóbnyj) (Russian), incómodo (Spanish), inconveniente (Spanish), незру́чний (nezrúčnyj) (Ukrainian), نامناسب (nāmunāsib) (Urdu), bất tiện (alt: 不便) (Vietnamese), mất công (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-inconvenient-en-adj-OAT5gi9B

Noun

Forms: inconvenients [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French inconvenient, from Latin inconvenientem. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|inconvenient}} Middle French inconvenient, {{der|en|la|inconveniens|inconvenientem}} Latin inconvenientem Head templates: {{en-noun}} inconvenient (plural inconvenients)
  1. (obsolete) An inconsistency, an incongruity. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-inconvenient-en-noun-nsMx8yIY
  2. (obsolete) An inconvenient circumstance or situation; an inconvenience. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-inconvenient-en-noun-758Ac6Gz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 23 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: inconvenience [noun], inconveniently [adverb]

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "nāmunāsib",
      "sense": "not convenient",
      "word": "نامناسب"
    },
    {
      "alt": "不便",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "not convenient",
      "word": "bất tiện"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "not convenient",
      "word": "mất công"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inconvenient"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle French"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "inconvenient"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French inconvenient",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "inconveniens",
        "4": "inconvenientem"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin inconvenientem",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle French inconvenient, from Latin inconvenientem.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "inconvenients",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "inconvenient (plural inconvenients)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "inconvenience"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "inconveniently"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An inconsistency, an incongruity."
      ],
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          "inconsistency"
        ],
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          "incongruity",
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        "(obsolete) An inconsistency, an incongruity."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An inconvenient circumstance or situation; an inconvenience."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inconvenience",
          "inconvenience"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) An inconvenient circumstance or situation; an inconvenience."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "inconvenient"
}

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