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noun

inconvenience

an inconvenient discomfort

In a sentence

Six example sentences with inconvenience, each labelled with its topic.

  • The detour added an hour, an inconvenience nobody minded once the coast road opened up beyond the second tunnel.

    Travel

  • Losing the password manager for a day was a real inconvenience, and I typed long random strings from a notebook instead.

    Technology

  • Grinding the spices fresh is an inconvenience of about four minutes, and the difference in the finished curry is obvious.

    Cooking

  • The office move was a week-long inconvenience, with phones ringing in empty rooms and printers on the wrong floor.

    Business

  • The broken scoreboard was a minor inconvenience, and the scorer's table simply called out the tally after each basket.

    Basketball

  • Running before dawn is an inconvenience for a week, and then the quiet streets become the best part of the day.

    Fitness

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