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in·fe·lic·ity (in′fə lis′ə tē)

noun

  1. the quality or condition of being infelicitous
  2. pl. infelicities -·ties something infelicitous; unsuitable or inapt remark, action, etc.

Etymology: L infelicitas < infelix, unfortunate: see in- & felicity

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infelicity Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • correct: Finally, the amendments correct an infelicity in the drafting of the recital.

Adjective modifier

  • occasional: Despite the occasional stylistic infelicity and the overuse of the first person singular, Nettle writes well.

Preposition: in

  • protocol: There are many infelicities in the protocol underlying NFS.
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: Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle: she died young. : I think not so; her infelicity Seemed to have years too many.

-Webster,John

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