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inconvenient

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


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It’s inconvenient to be reminded that for every victorious warrior, there’s the enemy he defeats.

From Slate • Jul. 10, 2026

The second was a little more emotionally inconvenient.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2026

The calming locales both complement and contradict the plot’s revelations, which are hardly bombshells but do speak to how well-to-do families labor to shove inconvenient skeletons into the closet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

“And at times when it’s inconvenient, well, you know, then we still are who we are.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Rumfoord was thinking in a military manner: that an inconvenient person, one whose death he wished for very much, for practical reasons, was suffering from a repulsive disease.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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