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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

inappropriate or poorly-timed, unfortunate or awkward;

e.g. She overheard his infelicitous remark and now she refuses to work with him.

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Similar Words

Amiss

Graceless

Improper

Inapposite

Inappropriate

Inapt

Incongruous

Incorrect

Indecorous

Inharmonic

Malapropos

Noncompatible

Out-of-the-way

Perverse

Unapt

Unbecoming

Unbeseeming

Unfit

Unhappy

Unmeet

Unseemly

Unsuitable

Untoward

Wrong

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Opposite Words

Acceptable

Adequate

Applicable

Apposite

Appropriate

Apropos

Authorized

Balanced

Becoming

Ceremonial

Ceremonious

Coherent

Companionate

Compatible

Concordant

Congenial

Congruent

Congruous

Consistent

Consonant

Conventional

Creditable

Exemplary

Felicitous

Fine

Fit

Fitting

Fortunate

Germane

Good

Happy

Harmonic

Harmonious

Irreproachable

Kosher

Licensed

Material

Meet

Nonconflicting

OK

Opportune

Or

Orthodox

Passable

Pat

Pitch-perfect

Pointed

Pretty

Regular

Relative

Relevant

Right

Routine

Satisfactory

Seasonable

Self-consistent

Suitable

Symmetrical

Timely

Tolerable

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Related Words

Awkward

Bad

Barred

Blameworthy

Censurable

Extraneous

Forbidden

Gauche

Immaterial

Inapplicable

Incompatible

Inconsistent

Inopportune

Irrelative

Irrelevant

Sinful

Unacceptable

Uncongenial

Unfortunate

Ungraceful

Unsatisfactory

Unseasonable

Untimely

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