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Infelicitous

adjective

Not appropriate in application; defective. "Infelicitous phrasing" , "The infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy"

Marked by or producing unhappiness. Synonym: unhappy. "Unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"

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"Infelicitous" Quotes from Famous Books

... desperately, but with a love more especially inclined to the imaginative and ethereal; it was a fastidious emotion which could jealously guard the loved one against his very self. This amazed and enraptured Tess, whose slight experiences had been so infelicitous till now; and in her reaction from indignation against the male sex she swerved to excess ...

— Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman • Thomas Hardy

... that they were making such a blanked fuss about were handled by these hypocrites—blank them! They were a low-lived crew of thieves and deserters! It is presumed that the major had forgotten himself in this infelicitous selection of epithets, but the stranger's face only relaxed into a grim smile. More than that, the major had apparently forgotten his desire to hear his guest talk, for he himself at once launched into an elaborate exposition ...

— The Bell-Ringer of Angel's and Other Stories • Bret Harte

... infelicitous word 'proudly,' caused Nicholas to flush with mortification. He knew that it was in his aunt's nature to make a brag of that sort; but worse than the brag was the fact that this was the first occasion on which Christine had deigned to show her consciousness that such a marriage would ...

— A Changed Man and Other Tales • Thomas Hardy

... most infelicitous speech, and Miss Kavanagh might have resented it, but for the strange fact that Beauclerk, on hearing it, laughs heartily. Well, if he doesn't mind, it can't matter, but how silly Dicky can be! Mr. Beauclerk continues to ...

— April's Lady - A Novel • Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

... indeed, the Shorter Catechist was ever prepared to answer; so that whether he did well or ill, he was safe to come out unabashed and cheerful.' Now if Mr Henley does not mean that for the very express picture of a rascal without a conscience he has been most strangely infelicitous in his choice of terms, and he is one of those who make so strong a profession of duty towards mere vocables that we are obliged to take him au pied de la lettre. A man who goes after whatever he wants with an entire contempt of consequences is a scoundrel, ...

— Robert Louis Stevenson - a Record, an Estimate, and a Memorial • Alexander H. Japp

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