unfortunate
inappropriate
/not appropriate in application
"The infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy"
marked by or producing unhappiness
SYN - unhappy
ANT - congratulatory, well-chosen
"Infelicitous circumstances."
//not appropriate or well-timed
"It was these infelicitous events which had caused Marjorie to flee town early."
"It was an infelicitous comment and it put everyone feel awkward for a moment."
"She shouldn't have been so surprised by the inappropriate, ill timed comments, he had a history for such infelicitous remarks."
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