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infelicity

 
Dictionary: in·fe·lic·i·ty   (ĭn'fĭ-lĭs'ĭ-tē) pronunciation
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n., pl., -ties.
  1. The quality or condition of being infelicitous.
  2. Something inappropriate or unpleasing.

[Middle English infelicite, from Latin īnfēlīcitās, from īnfēlīx, īnfēlīc-, unhappy : in-, not; see in-1 + fēlīx, happy.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style esp of expression
  Antonym: felicity (meaning #1)

 
 
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