An infelicitous remark. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
infelicitous circumstances. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an infelicitous remark. From Dictionary.com.
It may, of course, be infelicitous and misleading. From Wordnik.com. [Quotation] Reference
The information, coupled with the infelicitous word. From Wordnik.com. [A Changed Man] Reference
This leads to what linguists call an infelicitous reading. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: HOW TO TALK SOUTHERN.] Reference
'Your driving fast parallel is spectacularly infelicitous,'. From Wordnik.com. [Ironic Ducks] Reference
Finally, it is infelicitous to quote Professor Julius Stone. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Despite this infelicitous circumstance, elections were nevertheless held in November. From Wordnik.com. [Restoring International Relations With Honduras: A Way Forward] Reference
I assumed he was trying to assess whether my infelicitous frankness was likely to continue. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Case]
Thanks to Edeyn B. for pointing out some infelicitous phraseology, which has been corrected. From Wordnik.com. [TS 101] Reference
Hoping to make up for his infelicitous soup comment, Stan chimes in with his own compliments. From Wordnik.com. [The Search] Reference
It was as if Pierre Larose had dropped from the sky to land in an extremely infelicitous spot. From Wordnik.com. [The Curse of the Wendigo] Reference
And that's the White House admitted they had been infelicitous in the language, and changed it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2009] Reference
Reggie hadn't offered any refreshments, and he wasn't prompted to by Sam's infelicitous comment. From Wordnik.com. [Manner of Death]
Hospital food -- an infelicitous term evoking gray peas, dry chicken, Jell-O -- is a near oxymoron. From Wordnik.com. [Case Study: Fresh Ideas About Food] Reference
Or is “Young America” standing in for “The Youth of America,” which is merely infelicitous?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Young America’s Foundation Letter About the GW Poster Affair:] Reference
That said, this is really an infelicitous turn of phrase, and I am glad I found it before Ansible did. From Wordnik.com. [full moon lures the waves, waves of desperation, empty hearts and mouths wither away] Reference
The very penny chroniclers of the market acquire an infelicitous adroitness in the phraseology of deceit. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
Still, there is a grain of truth to Holder's infelicitous description of America as "a nation of cowards.". From Wordnik.com. [White Cower] Reference
Instances of negligent and infelicitous composition are numerous in Southey, as in most voluminous authors. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843] Reference
Perhaps her infelicitous phrasing was driven, in part, by a conscious or unconscious death wish towards Obama. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Ducat: Death Wish II: What Hillary Was Aiming at With Her Two Assassination "Gaffes"] Reference
Obama's choice of words was infelicitous, and poorly reflected the entirely reasonable argument he was attempting to convey. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Majority Disagree With Obama On "Bitter" Remarks] Reference
He used the infelicitous phrase "nation of cowards" to describe the hair trigger that Americans are on when it comes to race. From Wordnik.com. [Independent’s Day] Reference
BLANKLEY: Well, I think yes, that's where the White House admitted they have been infelicitous in the language and changed it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2009] Reference
The shouting and yelling which had gained the camp its infelicitous title were not permitted within hearing distance of Stumpy's. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools] Reference
I'm being crass, infelicitous, and hyperbolic, but - let's face it - Alex Ross is pretty goll-darned cool by any objective measure. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
I stumbled on two or three more phrases quite as flatly infelicitous, and he received them with the same faint smile and the same silence. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Let's turn the page on that infelicitous precedent!. From Wordnik.com. [AfterDowningStreet.org - Bush-Cheney Trials in '09] Reference
At present our relations were singularly infelicitous. From Wordnik.com. [Himalayan Journals — Complete] Reference
In so doing, perhaps he was infelicitous, or maybe not. From Wordnik.com. [Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines] Reference
Let†™ s turn the page on that infelicitous precedent!. From Wordnik.com. [Bill of Rights Defense Committee - Headlines] Reference
It was an infelicitous act of precaution, for at that very moment Miss. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Briggs's Love Story] Reference
Perhaps these circumstances gave the locality its infelicitous reputation. From Wordnik.com. [The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers] Reference
But in the case before us, the hostile suggestion is peculiarly infelicitous. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark] Reference
But Israel unquestionably resorts to targeted killings with infelicitous alacrity. From Wordnik.com. [Dave's Part] Reference
The Moderns infelicitous in their attempts to account for their omission (p. 100). —. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark] Reference
Then there are the infelicitous word choices that ANY literate editor should have caught. From Wordnik.com. [third world county] Reference
A performative that "works" is called felicitous and one that does not is called infelicitous. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Revolutionary war bearing the name of Muller doubtless suggested the somewhat infelicitous title of a New England idyl. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Whittier] Reference
The shouting and yelling, which had gained the camp its infelicitous title, were not permitted within hearing distance of Stumpy's. From Wordnik.com. [The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers] Reference
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