infelicitous
[in-fuh-lis-i-tuh s]
adjective
inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
not felicitous, happy, or fortunate; unhappy.
Origin of infelicitous
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Related Words for infelicitous
adverse, afflicted, awkward, broken, burdened, calamitous, cursed, damaging, deplorable, desperate, destitute, disastrous, doomed, forsaken, hapless, hopeless, ill-fated, inappropriate, inept, inopportuneExamples from the Web for infelicitous
Contemporary Examples of infelicitous
But viral advertising based on an infelicitous turn of phrase is not something Filexec is interested in, Chavez said.
Historical Examples of infelicitous
The name of the gentleman who enjoyed this infelicitous distinction was Tretherick.
Tales of the ArgonautsBret Harte
Perhaps these circumstances gave the locality its infelicitous reputation.
Legends and TalesBret Harte
To Burnett it had been only a canvas daubed with infelicitous paint.
The Maker of OpportunitiesGeorge Gibbs
In the first place, their choice of Monmouth as the heir was infelicitous.
Were it not that the salutation were infelicitous, we should have said, "Hail, all hail!"
infelicitous
adjective
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