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INFELICITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("infelicity" is a kind of...):
inappropriateness; unworthiness (the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting)
Antonym:
felicity (pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression))
Derivation:
infelicitous (not appropriate in application; defective)
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