| ADJECTIVE | all | infelicitous | not appropriate in application |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | infelicitous, unhappy | marked by or producing unhappiness |
| Meaning | not appropriate in application; defective. | |
|---|---|---|
| Examples |
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| Attribute of | felicity, felicitousness | pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) |
| Narrower | awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen | not elegant or graceful in expression |
| unfortunate | unsuitable or regrettable | |
| See also | unhappy | Experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent |
| Opposite | felicitous | Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style |
| Spanish | desgraciado, inadecuado, inoportuno | |
| Nouns | infelicity | inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) |
| Adverbs | infelicitously | in an infelicitous manner |
| Meaning | marked by or producing unhappiness. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "infelicitous circumstances" | |
| Synonym | unhappy | |
| Broader | unfortunate | not favored by fortune |
| Spanish | infeliz | |
| Catalan | infeliç | |
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