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infelicitous

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore I words

inappropriate or awkwardly expressed

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Infelicitous in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing infelicitous in a sentence.

His infelicitous joke at the funeral made everyone uncomfortable.

Synonyms
inaptunfortunatetactlessclumsy
Common questions

Questions about “infelicitous

Infelicitous (adjective) means inappropriate or awkwardly expressed
Here is infelicitous used in an example sentence: "His infelicitous joke at the funeral made everyone uncomfortable."
Common synonyms for infelicitous include inapt, unfortunate, tactless, clumsy.
Antonyms of infelicitous include apt, felicitous.
Infelicitous is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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