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Infelicitous   Listen
adjective
Infelicitous  adj.  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.






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"Infelicitous" Quotes from Famous Books



... his lolling back at full length in the chair with his eyes on the ceiling. But, remembering suddenly that he was really the bearer of a message to Clarence, it struck him that his supine position was, from a theatrical view-point, infelicitous. In his experiences of the stage he had never delivered a message in that way. He rose awkwardly ...
— Clarence • Bret Harte



Words linked to "Infelicitous" :   felicitous, awkward, clumsy, inept, unhappy, felicity



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