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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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The second week My usual redness around my cheeks had started to fade, and the annoying pimple that had been brewing on my cheek seemed to back off without its usual dramatic entrance.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
7 Mar. 2025
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But unexpected allies and converts to the team’s cause appear, too: passengers awaiting a flight to Kabul, an American technology reporter, maybe even that annoying bakery owner.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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But even for Haitians in the capital, the city remains inaccessible due to the gangs control of roads and its tiny airport.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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By 2021, Monk had figured out how to count up all sorts of geodesics that had previously been inaccessible.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
3 Mar. 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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Garson's record could not be independently verified, as a full video of her remarks is unavailable.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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Unlike the watch pictured his watch had a gold dial and black strap and is currently unavailable online.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
3 Mar. 2025
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However, whether the friendship will survive the awkward gift exchange remains to be seen.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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When Anne Hathaway co-hosted the ceremony with James Franco in 2012, it was widely panned as the Academy's awkward attempt to attract younger viewers.—
Lucia Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2025
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There is nothing more irritating to enthusiasts than when the mainstream tries to portray their niche world and gets it wrong.—
Matt Shaw,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Most formulas are either too heavy, too drying, or too irritating.—
Tira Urquhart,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
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These findings should be deeply disturbing to Western policymakers, for at least two reasons.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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The fact that adult writers are spending their time dissecting my face, my body, my choices is disturbing.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 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 13 Mar. 2025.
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