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Thesaurus: infelicitous
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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- 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.
- adj. not appropriate in application; defective
- adj. marked by or producing unhappiness
- 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.
- Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate orappropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, aninfelicitous condition; an infelicitous remark; an infelicitousdescription; infelicitous words.
- a. not appropriate in application; defective s. marked by or producing unhappiness