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INFELICITOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not appropriate in application; defective
Example:
the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy
Classified under:
Similar:
awkward; clumsy; cumbersome; ill-chosen; inapt; inept (not elegant or graceful in expression)
unfortunate (unsuitable or regrettable)
Also:
unhappy (experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent)
Attribute:
felicitousness; felicity (pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression))
Antonym:
felicitous (exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style)
Derivation:
infelicity (inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by or producing unhappiness
Example:
unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes
Synonyms:
infelicitous; unhappy
Classified under:
Similar:
unfortunate (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune)
