Inconvenient

Examples

• The twins testified their joy by several inconvenient but innocent demonstrations. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• This would generally be inconvenient to the rich, and much more so to the poor. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It is a very inconvenient fault of mine. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It's inconvenient--and it comes expensive. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It may be very inconvenient some years to spare a hundred, or even fifty pounds from our own expenses. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• And she IS an inconvenient woman. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Yes, _that_ is very inconvenient indeed, said Mr. Bertram. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The neighbouring streets being narrow and ill-paved, it is a little inconvenient to walk there two abreast and arm in arm. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• One often finds it inconvenient, when traveling, to obtain hot water whenever needed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Their buildings, although very rude and simple, are not inconvenient, but well contrived to defend them from all injuries of cold and heat. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• I expect several persons to call to-day, and it will be inconvenient to have the avenues to the house crowded. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It is very inconvenient that you refuse to help my family even to the small extent of saying distinctly you will have nothing to do with us. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It was very strange that he should come to Longbourn instead of to Lucas Lodge; it was also very inconvenient and exceedingly troublesome. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• That of the greater part of deeds of other kinds, is frequently inconvenient and even dangerous to individuals, without any advantage to the public. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• When those countries became commercial, the merchants found this prohibition, upon many occasions, extremely inconvenient. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• But it was inconvenient for ship or caravan transit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Especially was this the case with out of door work, which heretofore had involved the carrying along of much unwieldy and inconvenient paraphernalia. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A letter addressed to the Poste Restante in Paris within the fortnight would hinder him, if necessary, from arriving at an inconvenient moment. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It may be inconvenient, and he might let to somebody else besides us, you know. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It doesn't matter if electricity is used for light or for power; while small motors, it is observed, can be used night or day, and small steam-engines are inconvenient. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• When the parting came he affected high spirits, to conceal certain inconvenient emotions which seemed inclined to assert themselves. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Glass plates are heavy and inconvenient to carry, so that celluloid films have almost entirely taken their place, at least for outdoor work. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• This is an inconvenient time-- I told you, you could come at any time. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In those disorderly times, it might have been extremely inconvenient to have left them to seek this sort of justice from any other tribunal. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• This must be a most inconvenient sitting room for the evening, in summer; the windows are full west. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• It was an inconvenient and exacting institution, as requiring everything in the universe to be filed down and fitted to it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It is very inconvenient to have no butcher in the street. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It might possibly be inconvenient to me if you could find your way there again. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• If it be not inconvenient to you, pray let us go in, that I may prove myself to belong to the place, to be a true citizen of Highbury. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The wise republic of Holland has, upon some occasions, been obliged to have recourse to taxes as inconvenient as the greater part of those of Spain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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