1.The quality or condition of being inconvenient; lack of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement. "They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness,... of ceremonies in burial."
2.That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness; disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success; as, one inconvenience of life is poverty. "A place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds of rain, or other inconvenience." "Man is liable to a great many inconveniences."