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In`con*ven"ience (?), n. [L. inconvenientia inconsistency: cf. OF. inconvenience.]

1. The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement.

They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, . . . of ceremonies in burial.

Hooker.

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.

A place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds of rain, or other inconvenience.

Sir W. Raleigh.

Man is liable to a great many inconveniences.

Tillotson.

Syn. -- Incommodiousness; awkwardness; disadvantage; disquiet; uneasiness; disturbance; annoyance.

In`con*ven"ience, v. t. To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a neighbor.

In`con*ven"ien*cy (?), n. Inconvenience.

In`con*ven"ient (?), a. [L. inconveniens unbefitting: cf. F. inconvénient. See In- not, and Convenient.]

1. Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.

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; unseasonable; inopportune; incommodious; disadvantageous; troublesome; cumbersome; embarrassing; objectionable.

In`con*ven"ient*ly, adv. In an inconvenient manner; incommodiously; unsuitably; unseasonably.

In`con*vers"a*ble (?), a. Incommunicative; unsocial; reserved. [Obs.]

In*con"ver*sant (?), a. Not conversant; not acquainted; not versed; unfamiliar.

In`con*vert"ed (?), a. Not turned or changed about. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

In`con*vert`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. inconvertibilitas.] The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold.

In`con*vert"i*ble (?), a. [L. inconvertibilis: cf. F. inconvertible. See In- not, and Convertible.] Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie. Walsh.

In`con*vert"i*ble*ness, n. Inconvertibility.

In`con*vert"i*bly, adv. In an inconvertible manner.

In`con*vin"ci*ble (?), a. [L. inconvincibilis. See In- not, and Convince.] Not convincible; incapable of being convinced.

None are so inconvincible as your half-witted people.

Gov. of the Tongue.

In`con*vin"ci*bly, adv. In a manner not admitting of being convinced.