infelicitous

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infelicitous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Infelicitous \In`fe*lic"i*tous\, 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.
     [1913 Webster]

infelicitous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  infelicitous
      adj 1: not appropriate in application; defective; "an
             infelicitous remark"; "infelicitous phrasing"; "the
             infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy" [ant:
             felicitous]
      2: marked by or producing unhappiness; "infelicitous
         circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through
         swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series [syn:
         infelicitous, unhappy]

infelicitous - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  121 Moby Thesaurus words for "infelicitous":
     Doric, bad, barbaric, barbarous, cacophonous, careless, clumsy,
     coarse, crude, doggerel, dysphemistic, erroneous, faulty, futile,
     graceless, gross, harsh, ill-adapted, ill-advised, ill-assorted,
     ill-chosen, ill-considered, ill-fitted, ill-matched, ill-seasoned,
     ill-sorted, ill-suited, ill-timed, impolitic, imprecise, improper,
     impure, in bad taste, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable,
     inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, inauspicious, inconcinnate,
     inconcinnous, incongruous, inconvenient, incorrect, indecorous,
     inelegant, inept, inexpedient, inopportune, intempestive,
     intrusive, irrelevant, late, loose, low, mal a propos, maladjusted,
     malapropos, misjoined, mismatched, mismated, misplaced, mistimed,
     off base, out of character, out of joint, out of keeping,
     out of line, out of phase, out of place, out of proportion,
     out of season, out of time, out of tune, outlandish, premature,
     rude, slipshod, slovenly, solecistic, tasteless, too late,
     too soon, unadapted, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, uncourtly,
     uncouth, undesirable, undignified, uneuphonious, unfavorable,
     unfelicitous, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unfortunate, ungraceful,
     ungrammatic, unhandy, unhappy, unlucky, unmeet, unpolished,
     unprofitable, unpropitious, unqualified, unready, unrefined,
     unripe, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely,
     untoward, unwise, vulgar, wrong