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infelicity

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in⋅fe⋅lic⋅i⋅ty

  [in-fuh-lis-i-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties for 3, 5.
1. the quality or state of being unhappy; unhappiness.
2. misfortune; bad luck.
3. an unfortunate circumstance; misfortune.
4. inaptness, inappropriateness, or awkwardness, as of action or expression.
5. something inapt or infelicitous: infelicities of style.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME infelicite < L infēlīcitās. See in- 3 , felicity
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in·fe·lic·i·ty   (ĭn'fĭ-lĭs'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. in·fe·lic·i·ties

  1. The quality or condition of being infelicitous.

  2. Something inappropriate or unpleasing.


[Middle English infelicite, from Latin īnfēlīcitās, from īnfēlīx, īnfēlīc-, unhappy : in-, not; see in-1 + fēlīx, happy; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]
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