Meaning | not appropriate in application; defective. |
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Examples | - "an infelicitous remark"
- "infelicitous phrasing"
- "the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy"
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Attribute of | felicity, felicitousness | pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) |
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Narrower | awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen | not elegant or graceful in expression |
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unfortunate | unsuitable or regrettable |
See also | unhappy | Experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent |
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Opposite | felicitous | Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style |
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Spanish | desgraciado, inadecuado, inoportuno |
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Nouns | infelicity | inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) |
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Adverbs | infelicitously | in an infelicitous manner |
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