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Infelicitous

//ˌɪn.fəˈlɪs.ɪ.təs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Unhappy or unfortunate.

    "My last run this month is an amazing performance of an "A2/3" Pacific, No. 60524, Herringbone (could there possibly be a more infelicitous name for a locomotive than this, let alone for the unhappy horse which first had to bear it?), […]."

  2. 2
    Inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done.

    ""Now, you've got just grounds for shooting me," he said gaily, and instantly regretted his infelicitous remark."

  3. 3
    Of a sentence or utterance: not semantically and pragmatically coherent.
Adjective
  1. 1
    not appropriate in application; defective wordnet
  2. 2
    marked by or producing unhappiness wordnet

Etymology

From in- + felicitous.

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