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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
infelicitous is an adjective meaning "not appropriate in application; defective". It carries 2 recorded senses.
not appropriate in application; defective
“an infelicitous remark”
“infelicitous phrasing”
“the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy”
marked by or producing unhappiness
“infelicitous circumstances”
“unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for infelicitous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.