inconvenience

Definition

Examples

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the construction work.

Word Family

Synonyms

• troublea source of difficulty
• annoyancethe psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
• nuisance(law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive

Collocations

• Easy apologize for the inconvenience
  to apologize for the inconvenience, meaning to acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing
• Medium temporary inconvenience during repairs
  describing temporary inconvenience during repairs (a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis)
• Hard minimize customer inconvenience
  to minimize customer inconvenience, meaning to make small or insignificant
• Very Hard brook no inconvenience whatsoever
  to brook no inconvenience whatsoever, meaning to put up with something or somebody unpleasant