infelicity
noun
the quality or state of being unhappy; unhappiness.
infelicities
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pluralof infelicity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And so, as I write, a little tab with a G on it is hovering to the side, ready to flag my infelicities of expression.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2022
Everything about me is out of proportion — including my peanut-sized head — so I face the choice of billowing, dowdy garments or tighter clothes that sometimes cruelly expose my physical infelicities.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2020
To be fair, any story set in an industry other than filmmaking is bound to incur infelicities when being handled by people who think filmmaking is the noblest cause.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2019
There are other small mistakes and infelicities that collectively undermine his arguments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2015
In those first weeks, Bolles’s topic varied each day, depending on factors as unpredictable as the Seattle weather or what particular infelicities of technique he had noticed in the previous practice.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
