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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Inappropriate; ill-chosen: an infelicitous remark.
  2. adj. Not happy; unfortunate.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Not felicitous, happy, or fortunate; unhappy: as, an infelicitous marriage.
  2. Unskilful; inapt; inappropriate; ill-timed: as, an infelicitous expression.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Unhappy or unfortunate.
  2. adj. Inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. marked by or producing unhappiness
  2. adj. not appropriate in application; defective.

Etymologies

  1. From in- +‎ felicitous. (Wiktionary)

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  • hernesheir adj.
    1. inappropriate, unfortunate; e.g. infelicitous word or infelicitous phrase.

    2. marked by or producing unhappiness. e.g. infelicitous circumstances. Dec 30, 2008

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