Inconveniences

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Obstacles that hinder convenience and create discomfort or difficulties in everyday tasks
2. Unwelcome challenges that disrupt normal routines and lead to a sense of frustration or annoyance
3. Situations or factors that cause trouble or make actions more difficult than usual

Etymology: "Inconveniences" is the plural of "inconvenience", and in the verb sense it is the third-person singular form of "inconvenience" (he inconveniences, she inconveniences). The noun it inflects is the one that matters here: it came into Middle English from Old French "inconvenience", which carried the sense of misfortune, calamity, or impropriety, and that French word was in turn drawn from Late Latin "inconvenientia", meaning inconsistency or incongruity. The Latin root is a compound of "in-", meaning "not", and "convenire", meaning "to come together" or "to suit", which is also the source of "convenient". So a thing that is inconvenient is literally one that does not come together with what you are doing. The modern sense of a minor nuisance is a gentler version of the older meanings, which pointed to real trouble and even disgrace.

Synonyms: troubles, problems

Antonyms: conveniences, comforts