inconveniently

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Then came the inconveniently timed rain, which suspended play for almost an hour and ground the fourth set to a halt in a fourth-set tie-break - with Norrie three points from victory.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

“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

Palladino: Very inconveniently, right in the middle of when we were supposed to be there.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

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

As she squeezed out of the high chair and walked over to where her cousin stood her heart thudded inconveniently and her breath was short.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan