The infelicity of this shift of subject only becomes apparent, again retrospectively, in line eight, directly after the reader's encounter with yet another inscrutable Spenserism […]
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Infelicity
Synonyms for "infelicity" (168 found)
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intrusionirrelevanceirrelevancyjoylessnesslack of finishlack of polishlatenessleadennessmaladjustmentmalapropismmelancholiamelancholymesalliancemirthlessnessmisalliancemisconstructionmiserymisfortunemisjoindermisjoining
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mismatchmissayingmisusagemisusepompousnessponderousnesspoor dictionprematurityprostrationroughnessrudenesssadnesssesquipedalianismsesquipedalityslipshod constructionsolecismstiltednesssuicidal despairtastelessnessturgidityuncheerfulnessuncongenialityuncouthnessundesirabilityuneuphoniousnessunfavorablenessunfitnessunfittingnessunfortunatenessungracefulnessungrammaticismunhappinessunjoyfulnessunmeetnessunmirthfulnessunprofitabilityunprofitablenessunpropitiousnessunrefinementunripenessunseasonablenessunseemlinessunsuitabilityuntimelinessunwieldinessunwisenessuselessnessvulgarismvulgaritywoeworthlessnesswretchednesswrongness
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Bulgarian
1 entries- злополучие noun (Something that is infelicitous or inappropriate)
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Returning to our own epistemic situation, we do not know the sense in which quantum mechanics and relativity will be taken to be approximately true after their descriptive infelicities are addressed.
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