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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. an inconvenient discomfort;
[syn: inconvenience, incommodiousness]

2. a difficulty that causes anxiety;
[syn: troublesomeness, inconvenience, worriment]

3. the quality of not being useful or convenient;


VERB (1)

1. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to;
- Example: "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
[syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inconvenience \In`con*ven"ience\, n. [L. inconvenientia inconsistency: cf. OF. inconvenience.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or condition of being inconvenient; lack of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement. [1913 Webster] They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, . . . of ceremonies in burial. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness; disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success; as, one inconvenience of life is poverty. [1913 Webster] A place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds of rain, or other inconvenience. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] Man is liable to a great many inconveniences. --Tillotson. Syn: Incommodiousness; awkwardness; disadvantage; disquiet; uneasiness; disturbance; annoyance. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inconvenience \In`con*ven"ience\, v. t. To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a neighbor. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inconvenience n 1: an inconvenient discomfort [syn: inconvenience, incommodiousness] 2: a difficulty that causes anxiety [syn: troublesomeness, inconvenience, worriment] 3: the quality of not being useful or convenient [ant: convenience] v 1: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." [syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother]