English adjective: infelicitous | |||
1. | infelicitous not appropriate in application; defective | ||
Samples | An infelicitous remark. Infelicitous phrasing. The infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy. | ||
Similar | awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept, unfortunate | ||
See also | unhappy | ||
Attribute | felicitousness, felicity | ||
Antonyms | felicitous | ||
2. | infelicitous marked by or producing unhappiness | ||
Samples | Infelicitous circumstances. Unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes. | ||
Synonyms | unhappy | ||
Similar | unfortunate | ||
Antonyms | fortunate | ||