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Meaning of 'infelicitous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Infelicitous [ a.]
- Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, an infelicitous condition; an infelicitous remark; an infelicitous description; infelicitous words.

Meaning of 'infelicitous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . infelicitous [ a]
Meaning (1):
- not appropriate in application; defective
Example in sentence:
  • an infelicitous remark;
  • infelicitous phrasing;
  • the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy
2 . infelicitous [ s]
Meaning (2):
- marked by or producing unhappiness
Example in sentence:
  • infelicitous circumstances;
  • unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes

Nearby Words:

infabricated infallibilist infallibility infallible infallibleness infallibly infame infamies infamize infamized

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