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# inconvenience

«inconvenience» in Mova's school dictionary: **Trouble or difficulty that stops things going smoothly or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (inconvenience — uncountable; an inconvenience, inconveniences); verb (inconvenience, inconveniences, inconvenienced, inconveniencing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) Trouble or difficulty that stops things going smoothly or easily: Sorry for the inconvenience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconvenience/#m1)

2) (noun) Something that causes small trouble: The broken lift is an inconvenience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconvenience/#m2)

3) (verb) To cause someone trouble or extra work: I don't want to inconvenience you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconvenience/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life notices say «We apologise for any inconvenience» when trains are late or roads closed; it is often a polite, soft word for real trouble. Phrases: «sorry for the inconvenience», «cause inconvenience», «a minor inconvenience».

### examples

- We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the roadworks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconvenience/#x1)
- Having no hot water is a big inconvenience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconvenience/#x2)
- I hope I'm not inconveniencing you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconvenience/#x3)
- The late bus was a small inconvenience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconvenience/#x4)
- Sorry for the inconvenience — the shop opens again soon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconvenience/#x5)
- Living far from school is an inconvenience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconvenience/#x6)
- The magic waters, of course, soon remedy this temporary inconvenience.[309] [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconvenience/#x7)

### note

Formal and polite. Adjective: inconvenient (opposite: convenient). Spelled -ience. In notices it softens bad news; the real trouble may be bigger.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inconvenience» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inconvenience/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.