Definition of infelicity Infelicity

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We found 6 definitions of infelicity from 4 different sources.

What does infelicity mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: infelicities

infelicity - inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)

inappropriateness, unworthiness the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting; "he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person"; "his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness"

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Wiktionary

infelicity (Noun)
The condition of being infelicitous.
infelicity (Noun)
Something that is infelicitous or inappropriate.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

infelicity (n.)
The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; want of suitableness or appropriateness.
infelicity (n.)
That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech.