inconvenience

n. [ L. inconvenientia inconsistency: cf. OF. inconvenience. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality or condition of being inconvenient; lack of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, . . . of ceremonies in burial. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds of rain, or other inconvenience. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man is liable to a great many inconveniences. Tillotson.

Syn. -- Incommodiousness; awkwardness; disadvantage; disquiet; uneasiness; disturbance; annoyance. [ 1913 Webster ]