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- noun Plural form of
inconvenience . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
inconvenience .
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Examples
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In one TV spot set in the Fort Worth stockyards, Mr. Jones, a Texas native, acknowledges the short-term inconveniences of drilling, such as noise and increased truck traffic, but says they are outweighed by the long-term economic benefits.
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I like your description of "built-in inconveniences".
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I like your description of "built-in inconveniences".
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The inconveniences, in other words, are real and tangible and instantly noticeable, but the advantages are cosmetic.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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The inconveniences, in other words, are real and tangible and instantly noticeable, but the advantages are cosmetic.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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And marriage, with all its inconveniences, is much better than to burn with impure and lustful desires.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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In taking the long view, we know these short-term inconveniences are the price we pay for maintaining one of the nation's best highway systems.
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He accordingly resolved to manufacture and employ pyroxyle, although it has some inconveniences, that is to say, a great inequality of effect, an excessive inflammability, since it takes fire at one hundred and seventy degrees instead of two hundred and forty, and lastly, an instantaneous deflagration which might damage the firearms.
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He accordingly resolved to manufacture and employ pyroxyle, although it has some inconveniences, that is to say, a great inequality of effect, an excessive inflammability, since it takes fire at one hundred and seventy degrees instead of two hundred and forty, and lastly, an instantaneous deflagration which might damage the firearms.
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They will find little sympathy if their inconveniences are the byproduct of a more effective federal IT strategy.
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