slight inconvenience

collocation in English

meaningsofslightandinconvenience

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slight
adjective
uk
/slaɪt/us
/slaɪt/
small in amount ...
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inconvenience
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌɪn.kənˈviː.ni.əns/us
/ˌɪn.kənˈviːn.jəns/
a state or an example of problems or trouble, often causing a delay or loss ...
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(Definition ofslightandinconveniencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofslight inconvenience

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Theslightinconveniencecaused does not outweigh that primary intention.
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They would have been desperately anxious to see that those mails were delivered even if there was aslightinconvenienceto themselves.
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Even with wind power we have to put up with a little noise pollution and aslightinconvenienceto one or two views.
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We regard this as an important safety measure and hope that local residents will accept anyslightinconveniencethis may cause them.
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The precautionary principle would dictate that it is better to suffer someslightinconveniencethan a disaster.
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Possibly, there is also someslightinconveniencein finding the money earlier.
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There is someslightinconvenienceand hardship to those people, because they have trusted a man who was not able to honour his instalments.
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We are talking about aslightinconvenienceto schoolchildren but a massive inconvenience to the rest of the population.
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There comes a time when resentment grows to such an extent that molehills become mountains, and what might otherwise be aslightinconvenienceis magnified out of all proportion.
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Though there may be someslightinconvenience, it will be more than counterbalanced by enabling smaller cheques to perform the office which they have so usefully performed.
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I refuse to believe that they are not just as ready to put up withslightinconvenience, if inconvenience be necessary, in order to deal with a social problem.
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Theslightinconvenienceto some business and any cost associated with the introduction of such a licensing scheme to business or, indeed, the public purse, should be of secondary importance.
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