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" (151 found)
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abnormalityaching heartagonyagony of mindanguishanomalyantiphrasisbad tastebalebarbarismbarbarousnessbitternessbleeding heartbombasticnessbroken heartcacologycacophonycheerlessnessclumsinesscoarseness
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Noun(2 words)
awkwardnessbad luck
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displeasuredysphemismextremityfutilitygothicismgracelessnessgriefgrimnessgrossnessharshnessheartacheheavinessheavy hearthumorlessnessill-balanced sentencesimpoliticalnessimpoliticnessimproprietyimpurityinadmissibility
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Noun(1 words)
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irrelevanceirrelevancyjoylessnesslack of finishlack of polishlatenessleadennessmaladjustmentmalapropismmelancholiamelancholymesalliancemirthlessnessmisalliancemisconstructionmiserymisjoindermisjoiningmismatchmissaying
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misusagemisusepompousnessponderousnesspoor dictionprematurityprostrationroughnessrudenesssadnesssesquipedalianismsesquipedalityslipshod constructionsolecismstiltednesssuicidal despairtastelessnessturgidityuncheerfulnessuncongenialityuncouthnessundesirabilityuneuphoniousnessunfavorablenessunfitnessunfittingnessunfortunatenessungracefulnessungrammaticismunhappinessunjoyfulnessunmeetnessunmirthfulnessunprofitabilityunprofitablenessunpropitiousnessunrefinementunripenessunseasonablenessunseemlinessunsuitabilityuntimelinessunwieldinessunwisenessuselessnessvulgarismvulgaritywoeworthlessnesswretchednesswrongness
Noun(4 words)
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6 entriesdegree of infelicityinfelicitous utteranceinfelicity of expressionlinguistic infelicitymoral infelicitysocial infelicity
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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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