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Infelicity   Listen
noun
Infelicity  n.  (pl. infelicities)  
1.
The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; lack of suitableness or appropriateness. "Whatever is the ignorance and infelicity of the present state, we were made wise and happy."
2.
That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech.





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Words linked to "Infelicity" :   felicity, infelicitous, inappropriateness, unworthiness


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