- Inappropriate; ill-chosen: an infelicitous remark.
- Not happy; unfortunate.
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infelicitous
adjective
- Characterized by inappropriateness and gracelessness, especially in expression: awkward, ill-chosen, inappropriate, inept, unfortunate, unhappy. See ability/inability, good/bad.
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infelicitous
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The adjective has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
not appropriate in application; defective
Antonym: felicitous (meaning #1)
Meaning #2:
marked by or producing unhappiness
Synonym: unhappy
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 | Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more |
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