How to Use inconvenient in a Sentence

inconvenient

adjective
  • The restaurant is in an inconvenient location.
  • To pick up and leave is, to say the least, inconvenient.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
  • But an eclipse dims the sun much faster and can do it at an inconvenient time of day.
    — Gregory Barber, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2023
  • And while inconvenient, tantrums cannot and should not be stopped—so long as your child is safe.
    — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 17 Aug. 2023
  • No amount of talk about the greater good can alter that inconvenient truth.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
  • So many events, so little time, and most of them at inconvenient times.
    — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • For one thing, the old have an inconvenient habit of dying.
    — James Wood, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Garage doors always seem to break at the most inconvenient times.
    — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 17 June 2026
  • For one thing, the old have an inconvenient habit of dying.
    — Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
  • One of the most inconvenient parts of owning a hand mixer is the cord.
    — Rachel Center, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2023
  • The more moral choice in most cases is the one that is at least mildly inconvenient.
    — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Nov. 2018
  • But facts have an inconvenient habit of getting in the way of our desires.
    — Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
  • It was held in the wrong place at an inconvenient time and was staged by a repressive host.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The management seems to go out of its way to make things inconvenient.
    — New York Times, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The scramble for chips has turned into a glut at an inconvenient time.
    — Jacky Wong, wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But lab tests are inconvenient for the people who take them, and very often slow.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2021
  • If this seems like madness, Voss said there is an inconvenient method to it.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 24 Mar. 2020
  • The inconvenient truth is that Hamas agreed to this framework long ago.
    — Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2025
  • Did a blowout loss to the Knicks expose any inconvenient truths?
    — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Which is why the Wings' three-game winning streak is so inconvenient.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Plus, most of them are too clunky and inconvenient for trips abroad and can only charge one device at a time.
    — Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2025
  • And then, as more inconvenient deaths crop up around them, covering up all those crimes as well.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
  • All of them were small and at times inconvenient, O’Reilly said.
    — Cody Boteler, baltimoresun.com, 27 June 2019
  • Passing out in the wrong place or at the wrong time can be inconvenient and dangerous.
    — Madeleine Burry, Health, 3 Apr. 2024
  • This is inconvenient, but not that rare an occurrence in cities where a lot of bombs—some of them duds—fell in the war.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Punk fame couldn’t have come at a more inconvenient time, as the quartet are in the thick of studying for finals.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2021
  • Having to greet you amidst the final whirlwind is an inconvenient speed bump.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
  • Having to greet you amidst the final whirlwind is an inconvenient speed bump.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In earlier years, a flare might have been inconvenient.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 11 May 2026
  • Weeds have a way of popping up in the most inconvenient places, like between pavers or in small cracks in your driveway.
    — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 21 Apr. 2026

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