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<h1>Inconvenience</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In`con*ven"ience</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inconvenientia</ets> inconsistency: cf. OF. <ets>inconvenience</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; <as>as, the <ex>inconvenience</ex> of the arrangement</as>.</def>

<blockquote>They plead against the <b>inconvenience</b>, not the unlawfulness, . . . of ceremonies in burial. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness; disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success; <as>as, one <ex>inconvenience</ex> of life is poverty</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds of rain, or other <b>inconvenience</b>. <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Man is liable to a great many <b>inconveniences</b>. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Incommodiousness; awkwardness; disadvantage; disquiet; uneasiness; disturbance; annoyance.</syn>

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<hw>In`con*ven"ience</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To put to inconvenience; to incommode; <as>as, to <ex>inconvenience</ex> a neighbor</as>.</def>

<h1>Inconveniency</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In`con*ven"ien*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Inconvenience.</def>

<h1>Inconvenient</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In`con*ven"ient</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inconveniens</ets> unbefitting: cf. F. <ets>inconv\'82nient</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Convenient</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not convenient; giving trouble, uneasiness, or annoyance; hindering progress or success; uncomfortable; disadvantageous; incommodious; inopportune; <as>as, an <ex>inconvenient</ex> house, garment, arrangement, or time</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Unsuitable; uncomfortable; disaccommodating; awkward; unseasonable; inopportune; incommodious; disadvantageous; troublesome; cumbersome; embarrassing; objectionable.</syn>

<h1>Inconveniently</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In`con*ven"ient*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an inconvenient manner; incommodiously; unsuitably; unseasonably.</def>

<h1>Inconversable</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In`con*vers"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Incommunicative; unsocial; reserved.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Inconversant</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In*con"ver*sant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not conversant; not acquainted; not versed; unfamiliar.</def>

<h1>Inconverted</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In`con*vert"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not turned or changed about.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Inconvertibility</h1> <Xpage=747>

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