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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inconvenient
adj
  1. not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs; "it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen"; "the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone"
    Antonym(s): convenient
  2. not conveniently timed; "an early departure is inconvenient for us"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inconvenient \In`con*ven"ient\, a. [L. inconveniens unbefitting:
      cf. F. inconv[82]nient. See {In-} not, and {Convenient}.]
      1. Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.
  
      2. Not convenient; giving trouble, uneasiness, or annoyance;
            hindering progress or success; uncomfortable;
            disadvantageous; incommodious; inopportune; as, an
            inconvenient house, garment, arrangement, or time.
  
      Syn: Unsuitable; uncomfortable; disaccommodating; awkward;
               unseasonable; inopportune; incommodious;
               disadvantageous; troublesome; cumbersome; embarrassing;
               objectionable.
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