inconveniently

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“The beautiful multi-coloured ‘northern lights’—flickering shafts of light that lit up the sky—would at times, inconveniently for the Allies, provide just what the U- boat commanders needed to locate the convoys through their periscopes.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

His scheme is to buy it back by claiming inheritance money owed to a family member, who inconveniently died along with her nearest relation.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

Also interviewed was her agent Jon Roseman, who inconveniently had written a crime novel detailing a spookily similar scene.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2023

But inconveniently for journalists, this one does not map neatly to the made-up categories the government uses for statistical purposes.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2023

She winked, then switched to somewhat imperfect Elven: “It us pleasure to have stuff you full with food inconveniently, Magister Spurge.”

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin