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inconvenient

[in-kuhn-veen-yuhnt] / ˌɪn kənˈvin yənt /


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At the weekends, she would gather with the few national-standard players in her state and do some contact work at a mutually inconvenient central location.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

His vanishing cultural presence also exposed another inconvenient fact—that he was hardly as godly as the memes made him out to be.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

At some point, a great nation must follow the evidence—even when the evidence leads somewhere politically inconvenient.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

To age is to find one’s appreciation for life’s daily joys sharpen, especially as more inconvenient realities assert themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

She has taken everything and now she calls me to tell me that my distress is inconvenient for her?

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins