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Meanings of infelicitous in inglés

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desgraciado

Not appropriate in application; defective.

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        Examples for "felicitous"
        1
        Rarely have creator and critic been joined in so felicitous a marriage.
        Mince Pie
        2
        At the end of the felicitous occasion, the father found his voice,-
        The Court of Boyville
        3
        The felicitous expression of some well-known truth or experience is always pleasing.
        Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism
        4
        The contrast of Ben Jonson with Shakespeare is peculiarly and strikingly felicitous.
        The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 / With a Life of the...
        5
        But to me it seems a felicitous combination not often met with.
        A Laodicean : A Story of To-day
        Usage of infelicitous in inglés
        1
        The name of the gentleman who enjoyed this infelicitous distinction was Tretherick.
        Selected Stories of Bret Harte
        2
        No longer does he have the excuse of an infelicitous formation.
        The Guardian
        3
        A facility with words is infelicitous if it makes us distrust the speaker.
        The Guardian
        4
        It was a peculiarly infelicitous salutation, but she was smilingly unconscious of any slip.
        Just Patty
        5
        The information, coupled with the infelicitous word 'proudly,' caused Nicholas to flush with mortification.
        A Changed Man, and Other Tales
        6
        That there are hundreds and thousands of infelicitous homes in America no one will doubt.
        The Wedding Ring / A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives...
        7
        Perhaps these circumstances gave the locality its infelicitous reputation.
        Legends and Tales
        8
        Even among his own friends they proved singularly infelicitous.
        Maximilian in Mexico: A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Inte...
        9
        To Mrs. Sutton's apprehension this was an infelicitous introduction of herself to the husband's toleration.
        At Last: A Novel
        10
        Brian Lenihan's well-argued previous points of support for his infelicitous comment are equally lost now too.
        Independent.ie
        11
        You chose an infelicitous moment for your escape.
        Soon I will be invincible
        12
        If there was anything infelicitous about the victim intended for God, it was used for Hou Chi.
        Religions of Ancient China
        13
        At present our relations were singularly infelicitous.
        Himalayan Journals — Volume 1 / Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Ben...
        14
        To one who has seen the great Japanese fleur-de-lis, France looks ludicrously infelicitous in her choice of emblem.
        The Soul of the Far East
        15
        But for a few infelicitous accidents, this would have been the case of the late liberation of Quinquinambo.
        The Crusade of the Excelsior
        16
        Doyle colored, recognizing the infelicitous phraseology.
        White fire
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