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inconvenient

/ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/ adjective B1
  1. not convenient
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“It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh,” said the Scarecrow thoughtfully, “for you must sleep, and eat and drink.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 25 · B2
It was very strange that he should come to Longbourn instead of to Lucas Lodge; it was also very inconvenient and exceedingly troublesome.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 150 · B2
I am certainly developing the wisdom of the serpent, for when Mortimer pressed his questions to an inconvenient extent I asked him casually to what type Frankland’s skull belonged, and so heard nothing but craniology for the rest of our drive.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 137 · C1
This observation would not have prevented her from trying to talk to the latter, had they not been seated at an inconvenient distance; but she was not sorry to be spared the necessity of saying much: her own thoughts were employing her.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 300 · B2

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