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inconvenienced

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verb

past tense of inconvenience

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of inconvenienced
Adjective
Maybe teams can reserve some empty suites for relocating inconvenienced fans. Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
Would others—including staff on site—feel surprised or inconvenienced, and make that known to us? Nicole Chung, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026 The guests enjoy the food and don’t seem inconvenienced by the fish bones. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 May 2026 Haven’t we all been similarly inconvenienced on vacation? Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026 Someone needs to tell them to stay on the East Coast — at least, until the precedent set by last week’s action in the Gulf provides the basis for a similar rule along the East Coast, particularly in New England where the whales’ modest protections have inconvenienced commercial fishing boats. Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026 If a magazine story produced a burst of negative attention that inconvenienced or endangered the people who worked for her, that would fall on her, too. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026 There was nobody that was inconvenienced. Jay King, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026 When the affluent, the powerful, the politicians, and the markets were finally inconvenienced. Ernesto Burden, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026 Segura and Pazsitzky are not the only stars who have been inconvenienced by the ongoing operation. Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconvenienced
Adjective
  • Alves says that some of the people most frustrated with what’s going on lack that lived experience.
    Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Miller’s hands dropped quickly to his side in frustrated dejection.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Somewhere right now, a nurse is scoring a newborn out of ten because Virginia saw over breakfast something nobody else had bothered to address.
    Stacy L. Hambleton, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • What bothered me most was that the effects always lasted longer than the fun did.
    Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Others were placed under house arrest, harassed or subject to extensive surveillance, or had their passports confiscated, according to prior NPR reporting and the findings of the United Nations and rights groups.
    Emily Feng, NPR, 17 May 2026
  • For years, Christian clergy who live and work in Jerusalem have reported being frequently spat on, harassed and even physically attacked by Israeli extremists.
    Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Commissioner Patricia O’Brien said that while she was troubled by the errors that led to the situation, ultimately the commission needed to be realistic.
    Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Von Neumann himself helped develop it as a potential remedy for some logical inconsistencies with Hilbert space that troubled him.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Nice people may of course become irritated, disappointed, jealous, or defensive, since niceness does not require sainthood.
    Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Soto, looking irritated, reaches out and slaps him upside the head.
    Sylvia Varnham O’Regan, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • As a parent who has purchased my share of scary Halloween costumes, I was particularly disturbed by the controversy now engulfing Target.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2026
  • If disturbed, asbestos’ microscopic crystalline fibers get into the air, where they can be inhaled, cause lung scarring and lead to fatal cancers.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 25 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Bad, fine, and stressed are obvious candidates, but your favorite might be overwhelmed, annoyed, or tired.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Economists and the commentariat, playing the role of the annoyed parent, point out that over-all employment has been strong for a while.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • The wheel, approximately a foot and a half in diameter, weighed 150 to 200 pounds.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Dry food can also work, but portions should be weighed carefully rather than left out for unlimited grazing.
    Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

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“Inconvenienced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconvenienced. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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