inconvenient

/ɪnkənˈvinjənt/

/ɪnkənˈvinjənt/

Inconvenient things are difficult or annoying to do. If someone asks you to help move a couch on a Saturday when you have tickets to a game, that's an inconvenient request.

If you have to go to the bathroom very badly just as a test is starting, that's inconvenient. If the movie projector breaks in the middle of a movie, that's inconvenient. Other times, things are inconvenient just because they're kind of a pain. It’s inconvenient of your mom to ask you to do chores just as you're ready to go out with friends. Inconvenient things get in the way of what we really want to do.

Definitions of inconvenient

1. adjective

   not conveniently timed
   “an early departure is inconvenient for us”

   synonyms:

   inopportune

   not opportune
2. adjective

   not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs
   “it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen”

   “the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone”

   synonyms:

   awkward

   causing inconvenience

   antonyms:

   convenient

   suited to your comfort or purpose or needs

   accessible

   capable of being reached

   handy

   easy to use

   favorable, favourable

   occurring at a convenient or suitable time

   expedient

   serving to promote your interest