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Infelicitous

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Adjective

1. infelicitous

not appropriate in application; defective

Example Sentences:
'an infelicitous remark'
'infelicitous phrasing'
'the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy'

2. infelicitous, unhappy

marked by or producing unhappiness

Example Sentences:
'infelicitous circumstances'
'unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Infelicitous

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adjective
1. 
not felicitous; unfortunate
2. 
inappropriate or unsuitable

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Infelicitous

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adjective
not felicitous; unfortunate or unsuitable

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Infelicitous

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adj.
1. Inappropriate; ill-chosen: an infelicitous remark.
2. Causing unhappiness; unfortunate: "This amazed and enraptured Tess, whose slight experiences had been so infelicitous till now" (Thomas Hardy).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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