Definition of infelicitous Infelicitous
in•fe•lic•i•tous
We found 6 definitions of infelicitous from 4 different sources.
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What does infelicitous mean?
WordNet
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| infelicitous - not appropriate in application; defective; "an infelicitous remark"; "infelicitous phrasing"; "the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy" | ||
| felicitous exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style; "a felicitous speaker" | ||
| unhappy experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad" | ||
| felicitousness, felicity pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) | ||
| ill-chosen, inapt, cumbersome, inept, clumsy, awkward difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing" | ||
| infelicitous - marked by or producing unhappiness; "infelicitous circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series | ||
| unhappy | ||
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Wiktionary 
- infelicitous (Adjective)
Unhappy or unfortunate. - infelicitous (Adjective)
Inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- infelicitous (a.)
Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, an infelicitous condition; an infelicitous remark; an infelicitous description; infelicitous words.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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infelicitous
in-fe-lis′i-tus, adj. not felicitous or happy: inappropriate, inapt.—n. Infelic′ity, want of felicity or happiness, misery, misfortune: unsuitableness: anything unsuitable or improper
