to inconvenience
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4.9
- verb
- /ˌɪnkənˈviːniəns/
:
incomodar
- The construction work may inconvenience some residents in the area.
Are you willing to be inconvenienced for your conviction?
- Are you willing to be inconvenienced for your conviction?
- To find yourself inconvenienced by her pregnancy, Like, what did you expect?
- We can add in, you know, various weather things that don't kill us but inconvenience us.
- But I, I, you are an exception because you know that you're inconveniencing people, you're blocking so many people.
- And when that happens, half of the population or whatever is catastrophically inconvenienced.
- You know, we, we, we he said, he said I wasn't alive for billions of years before my birth and it didn't inconvenience me in the least.
- And Chuck Grassley responded with a sort of righteous indignation that can only come from an old white guy slightly inconvenienced.
Examples
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And because you were away... I see how I may have inconvenienced you.
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We regret that you were inconvenienced.
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Do I want you to inconvenience him?
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Listen, I'm sorry to inconvenience you
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I didn't want to inconvenience anybody.
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- Well, excuse me for inconveniencing you.
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We're sorry to have inconvenienced you.
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Sorry if we inconvenienced him.
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Sorry to inconvenience you.
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I'm sorry to inconvenience you, Mr. Hockley, but it's Captain's orders.
Synonyms
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1.0
To annoy or disturb someone
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1.8
To cause someone worry or bother
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5.8
Cause someone trouble by making things difficult for them
To bother someone by causing them trouble or discomfort
To cause someone a little trouble or discomfort
To refuse or fail to do what someone asks, causing them trouble and upset
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Etymology
Inconvenience as a verb uses the same parts: in- 'not' plus the root of convenient, about things that 'fit'. To inconvenience someone is to make their plans not 'fit'—to cause them trouble or extra work.