infelicitous in the PONS Dictionary

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They demanded the constitution to be neutral on this issue and this has led to some infelicitous results.
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There's not a wasted word in this book, nor an infelicitous one.
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A vaporous exhalation accompanied the infelicitous question she had wanted to ask all morning.
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It is an infelicitous phrase, for a factory is where objects are merely churned out, as from a production line.
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It can only be judged either happy or infelicitous depending upon whether the conditions required for its success have been met.
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In a novel, infelicitous style can be excused if there are memorable characters and a strong narrative drive.
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And it rolls along in lively fashion despite a dusting of infelicitous metaphors, sometimes challengeable judgements and far too many repetitions that a better editor would have cleaned up.
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Why then should this infelicitous situation exist?
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Rather, he initially has to endure a period in the so-called umbral, a region where less-than-perfect souls face the consequences of their infelicitous actions while alive.
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