Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs;
- Example: "it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen"- Example: "the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone"2.
not conveniently timed;
- Example: "an early departure is inconvenient for us"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inconvenient \In`con*ven"ient\, a. [L. inconveniens unbefitting:
cf. F. inconv['e]nient. See In- not, and Convenient.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.
[1913 Webster]
2. Not convenient; giving trouble, uneasiness, or annoyance;
hindering progress or success; uncomfortable;
disadvantageous; incommodious; inopportune; as, an
inconvenient house, garment, arrangement, or time.
Syn: Unsuitable; uncomfortable; disaccommodating; awkward;
annoying; unseasonable; inopportune; incommodious;
disadvantageous; troublesome; cumbersome; embarrassing;
objectionable.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inconvenient
adj 1: not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs; "it is
inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen";
"the back hall is an inconvenient place for the
telephone" [ant: convenient]
2: not conveniently timed; "an early departure is inconvenient
for us"