inconveniently

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“The beautiful multi-coloured ‘northern lights’—flickering shafts of light that lit up the sky—would at times, inconveniently for the Allies, provide just what the U- boat commanders needed to locate the convoys through their periscopes.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Also interviewed was her agent Jon Roseman, who inconveniently had written a crime novel detailing a spookily similar scene.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2023

Armrest cupholder: slightly inconveniently sized for my glass of rosé, which is exactly the level of problem one wants to encounter in life.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023

But inconveniently for journalists, this one does not map neatly to the made-up categories the government uses for statistical purposes.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2023

There was no doubt that Mrs. Cole was an inconveniently sharp woman.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling