Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an inconvenient manner; so as to cause trouble or embarrassment; incommodiously.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an inconvenient manner; incommodiously; unsuitably; unseasonably.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
inconvenient manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an inconvenient manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Navy, in particular, has been feeling like they’re left out of the action since terrorists — inconveniently from a budget request point of view — don’t seem all that interested in taking to the high seas.
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MY: “The Navy, in particular, has been feeling like they’re left out of the action since terrorists — inconveniently from a budget request point of view — don’t seem all that interested in taking to the high seas.”
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And, inconveniently, the entire body of international law, treaties, and institutions are set up to make this feat as hard as possible.
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Just when you think you've got your strategy nailed and you've eked out all the profitability you can, Tom walks in and shows you all the easy money you left on the table or inconveniently hidden away inside one of your business silos.
John Fox: The Root Cause of All Corporate Performance John Fox 2011
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The road led us around houses, ramadas, and gardens, past children and dogs, the occasional inconveniently placed basket, and finally to the landing below Deer Town.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Even then, and especially in Hollywood, only a lawyer with the mind of a pit bull and the heart of a lion can help you out when someone inconveniently changes their mind.
Oh where have you gone, Norma Jean, Norma Jean James Lloyd Davis 2011
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Randy stood awkwardly, hoping the man would offer him a seat in the black leather chair pushed inconveniently in the corner on the other side of a tall waste basket, a chair obviously meant for no one.
Suicide Draft Nathaniel Tower 2011
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Just when you think you've got your strategy nailed and you've eked out all the profitability you can, Tom walks in and shows you all the easy money you left on the table or inconveniently hidden away inside one of your business silos.
John Fox: The Root Cause of All Corporate Performance John Fox 2011
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Or drinking heavily or smoking, or any of the other activities that can cause an inconveniently timed death.
James Altucher: 12 Ways to Live Forever James Altucher 2010
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The King was inconveniently lingering so they hurried him along with an injection into the jugular vein of a mixture of morphine and cocaine.
Patricia Zohn: Culture Zohn Off the C(H)uff: David Seidler Protects and Defends The King's Speech Patricia Zohn 2011
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