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Adjective: infelicitous  ,in-fu'li-si-tus
  1. Marked by or producing unhappiness
    "infelicitous circumstances";
    - unhappy
     
  2. Not appropriate in application; defective
    "an infelicitous remark"; "infelicitous phrasing"; "the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy"

See also: awkward, clumsy, clunky [informal], cumbersome, felicitousness, felicity, ill-chosen, inapt, inept, unfortunate, unhappy

Antonym: felicitous

Encyclopedia: Infelicitous