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infelicitously
adverb
formaluk /ˌɪn.fəˈlɪs.ɪ.təs.li/ us /ˌɪn.fəˈlɪs.ə.t̬əs.li/
in a way that is not suitable for the occasion:
Many of our readers have pointed out that one of the headlines in last week's issue was infelicitously phrased.
I did not intend to cause any offence, but clearly I expressed myself infelicitously.
The principle is a good one, but perhaps it was expressed infelicitously.
I expressed myself infelicitously, and I'm grateful to you for highlighting the lack of clarity in my argument.
Eventually, the neighbourhood came to be known, rather infelicitously, as Cabbagetown.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unsuitable and unacceptable
amiss
be in bad, poor, the worst possible, etc. tasteidiom
beneath your dignityidiom
beyond
beyond the paleidiom
incorrect
incorrectly
indecent
ineligibility
ineligible
raffish
raffishly
raffishness
room
silly
unsuitable
unsuitably
unsuited
unsupportable
unwarrantable
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