Ĭn'con-vēn'ience or Ĭn'con-vēn'ien-cy1, n.
(Synop., § 130), n. [Lat. inconvenientia, Sp. inconveniencia, It. inconvenienza, Fr. inconvenance, inconvénient.] 1. The quality of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpedience. They plead against the inconveniences, not the unlawfulness, of Popish apparel. Hooker. 2. That which gives trouble or uneasiness; disadvantage; any thing that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success; as, one great inconvenience of human life is the want of money and the means of obtaining it. Syn.—Incommodiousness; disadvantage; disquiet; uneasiness; disturbance; annoyance; molestation; trouble.