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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Infelicitous \In'fe*lic"i*tous\, adjective Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, an infelicitous condition; an infelicitous remark; an infelicitous description; infelicitous words.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
infelicitous
adjective
1: not appropriate in application; defective; "an infelicitous remark"; "infelicitous phrasing"; "the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy" [ant: {felicitous}]
2: marked by or producing unhappiness; "infelicitous circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series [syn: {unhappy}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
121 Moby Thesaurus words for "infelicitous": Doric, bad, barbaric, barbarous, cacophonous, careless, clumsy, coarse, crude, doggerel, dysphemistic, erroneous, faulty, futile, graceless, gross, harsh, ill-adapted, ill-advised, ill-assorted, ill-chosen, ill-considered, ill-fitted, ill-matched, ill-seasoned, ill-sorted, ill-suited, ill-timed, impolitic, imprecise, improper, impure, in bad taste, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, inauspicious, inconcinnate, inconcinnous, incongruous, inconvenient, incorrect, indecorous, inelegant, inept, inexpedient, inopportune, intempestive, intrusive, irrelevant, late, loose, low, mal a propos, maladjusted, malapropos, misjoined, mismatched, mismated, misplaced, mistimed, off base, out of character, out of joint, out of keeping, out of line, out of phase, out of place, out of proportion, out of season, out of time, out of tune, outlandish, premature, rude, slipshod, slovenly, solecistic, tasteless, too late, too soon, unadapted, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, uncourtly, uncouth, undesirable, undignified, uneuphonious, unfavorable, unfelicitous, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unfortunate, ungraceful, ungrammatic, unhandy, unhappy, unlucky, unmeet, unpolished, unprofitable, unpropitious, unqualified, unready, unrefined, unripe, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely, untoward, unwise, vulgar, wrong
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