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.
