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as in annoying
causing difficulty, discomfort, or annoyance
the unexpected visitors showed up at an inconvenient time
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as in inaccessible
hard or impossible to get to or get at
for some reason, the homeowners placed the dishes in an inconvenient cabinet
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Recent Examples of inconvenient
Despite the many benefits of composting, some argue that the possibility of attracting pests and the need to avoid materials like meat and dairy make the strategy inconvenient at best.
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Lisa Boyd, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2025
Not long ago, the nuns named these prisoners formal affiliates of their order (a fact that the state’s governor, Greg Abbott, a Catholic, may find politically and morally inconvenient).
—Daniel Zalewski, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
In a country where history is often rewritten to silence socially inconvenient truths, Lamar stood firm in his messaging without compromising his artistry.
—Alexandra Polk, refinery29.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Told in a fragmented, non-linear structure, 500 Days of Summer jumps through highs and lows, first dates and final goodbyes, capturing how our minds romanticize relationships while glossing over inconvenient truths.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2025
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Lisa Boyd, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2025
Not long ago, the nuns named these prisoners formal affiliates of their order (a fact that the state’s governor, Greg Abbott, a Catholic, may find politically and morally inconvenient).
—Daniel Zalewski, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
In a country where history is often rewritten to silence socially inconvenient truths, Lamar stood firm in his messaging without compromising his artistry.
—Alexandra Polk, refinery29.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Told in a fragmented, non-linear structure, 500 Days of Summer jumps through highs and lows, first dates and final goodbyes, capturing how our minds romanticize relationships while glossing over inconvenient truths.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconvenient
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For one, Barber and Sweetin co-signed one fan’s take describing the youngest Tanner sibling, Michelle (played by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen) as increasingly annoying and borderline spoiled as the series went on.—
John Russell,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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This is occasionally annoying (or more than occasionally).—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
20 Feb. 2025
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But many grant and contract recipients have said the money remains inaccessible.—
Francesca Paris,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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As of Thursday, those funds were still inaccessible.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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What’s especially frustrating to people involved in ferret conservation is that funding and staff resources were already limited heading into 2025.—
Benji Jones,
Vox,
26 Feb. 2025
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Most welcomed this move, even if the timing was frustrating.—
Louis Staples,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
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William Karlsson, who was unavailable because of an injury, is an upgrade over Nyquist in all areas.—
Arpon Basu,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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At present, information regarding the extent of land burned and the size of the crew conducting the prescribed fire is unavailable.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Feb. 2025
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At the time Stott suffered the injury, during an awkward swing in a mid-May series at Miami, the Phillies were already facing life without shortstop Trea Turner.—
Matt Gelb,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Where some toiletry bags end up having an awkward shape that won’t easily fit into your luggage, these are the opposite.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Feb. 2025
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Surprisingly no one in my family finds this irritating.—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
19 Feb. 2025
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In layman's terms, retinal works faster and is less irritating than retinol.—
Sarah Han,
Allure,
23 Jan. 2025
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Warning: The following story elements, including photos and video, may be disturbing to some readers.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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The feature take is set amidst the 4th of July celebration, as a disturbing figure named Tommy Taffy emerges.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2025
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The instruments aboard Firefly's lander include a subsurface drill, an X-ray imager, and an experimental electrodynamic dust shield to test methods of repelling troublesome lunar dust from accumulating on sensitive spacecraft components.—
Kristin Shaw,
Ars Technica,
27 Feb. 2025
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What’s new in season eight is the show’s shift toward depicting phones as active and troublesome disrupters of a relationship that might have otherwise been perfectly fine.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Inconvenient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconvenient. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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