 infelicitous |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] marked by or producing unhappiness | |
| Synonyms: | unhappy | |
| Examples: | "infelicitous circumstances" "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series |
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| Related terms: | unfortunate | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] not appropriate in application; defective | |
| Examples: | "an infelicitous remark" "infelicitous phrasing" "the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy" |
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| Related terms: | felicitous awkward awkward unfortunate unhappy felicity | |
| Similar spelling: |
infelicitously infelicity invalidism invalidator |
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