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In`con*ven"ience (?), n. [L. inconvenientia inconsistency: cf. OF. inconvenience.]
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1. The quality or condition of being inconvenient; lack of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement.
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They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, . . . of ceremonies in burial. Hooker.
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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.
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A place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds of rain, or other inconvenience. Sir W. Raleigh.
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Man is liable to a great many inconveniences. Tillotson.

Syn. -- Incommodiousness; awkwardness; disadvantage; disquiet; uneasiness; disturbance; annoyance.
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In`con*ven"ience, v. t. To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a neighbor.
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