Translations for „infelicities“ in the English » German Dictionary

in·fe·lic·ity [ˌɪnfəˈlɪsəti, Am -ət̬i] N form

1. infelicity also hum (inappropriateness):

infelicity

Ungeschicktheit f

infelicity of reply, remark

Unpassendheit f

verbal infelicities

ungeschickte Formulierungen

2. infelicity no pl (unhappiness, misfortune):

infelicity

Unglückseligkeit f

infelicity

Misslichkeit f

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

verbal infelicities

ungeschickte Formulierungen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

A recurring infelicity of style is harder to explain.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Splendid stuff, marred by the odd infelicity -- the latter dispensed with in the author's second book, due shortly.

www.independent.co.uk

This commentary is riddled with errors and it is hard to take seriously opinions based on such infelicities.

www.macleans.ca

Yet all of these infelicities can be tolerated, as they are necessary to keep the generally involving plot in motion.

www.locusmag.com

A closer inspection of the 2016 budget might just reveal some infelicities of style.

www.onlineopinion.com.au

Many professional writers stumble into infelicities and inaccuracies.

chronicle.com

This autobiography is in readable prose, elegantly crafted and devoid of stylistic infelicities.

thenationonlineng.net

But it will involve us in great difficulties and infelicity to be now deprived of them.

en.wikipedia.org

As a linguist, he harrumphs at the infelicities of contemporary speech.

www.spectator.co.uk

These infelicities aside, it is a powerful, if slightly over-designed production.

www.express.co.uk