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Infelicitous is an English word with synonyms like unfortunate or unhappy. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Infelicitous in a sentence

Infelicitous meaning

  1. Unhappy or unfortunate.
  2. Inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done.
  3. Of a sentence or utterance: not semantically and pragmatically coherent.

Synonyms of Infelicitous

unfortunate unhappy awkward clumsy cumbersome inapt inept ill-chosen felicitous

Related words

Other words often associated with Infelicitous or its synonyms:

unwieldy clunky miserable gawky maladroit ungainly incompetent unmanageable ugly abject roofless homesick

Using Infelicitous

  • The main meaning on this page is: Unhappy or unfortunate. | Inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done. | Of a sentence or utterance: not semantically and pragmatically coherent.
  • Useful related words include: unfortunate, unhappy, awkward, clumsy.

Context around Infelicitous

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

way 1×

Sentence patterns with Infelicitous

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a rather infelicitous way 1× conditions are infelicitous and several 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

injuries are typical 1× the rule utilitarianism 1×

Common sentence endings:

injuries or death 1× rather infelicitous way 1×

Words around Infelicitous

Just before it in the word index:

infelicities 3 infeld 5 infects 78 infectivity 16 infectives 4 infective 41

Just after it in the word index:

infer 144 inference 276 inferences 64 inferencing 7 inferentia 2 inferential 13

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aaronic 8

Corpus analysis for Infelicitous

  • In this selection, "infelicitous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, way stand out and add context to how "infelicitous" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a rather infelicitous way and conditions are infelicitous and several. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "infelicitous" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with infelicitous

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Injuries are typical for the oilfield today since working conditions are infelicitous and several mishaps can lead to critical injuries or death. (22 words)

The Rule utilitarianism is similar to Kantian ethics which seems like a bit of an overstatement or at least unclear in a rather infelicitous way. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

The Rule utilitarianism is similar to Kantian ethics which seems like a bit of an overstatement or at least unclear in a rather infelicitous way. (25 words)

Injuries are typical for the oilfield today since working conditions are infelicitous and several mishaps can lead to critical injuries or death. (22 words)

Example sentences (2)

Injuries are typical for the oilfield today since working conditions are infelicitous and several mishaps can lead to critical injuries or death.

The Rule utilitarianism is similar to Kantian ethics which seems like a bit of an overstatement or at least unclear in a rather infelicitous way.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "infelicitous" in a sentence?
An example: "Injuries are typical for the oilfield today since working conditions are infelicitous and several mishaps can lead to critical injuries or death." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "infelicitous" from authentic English texts.
What does "infelicitous" mean?
Infelicitous means: Unhappy or unfortunate.
What are synonyms of "infelicitous"?
Common synonyms of "infelicitous" include: unfortunate, unhappy, awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "infelicitous" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "infelicitous", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.