Synonyms of infelicity

infelicity

noun

ˌin-fi-ˈli-sə-tē 

as in wrongness

the quality or state of being unsuitable or unfitting

the infelicity of holiday decorations at a funeral home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrongness
• incorrectness
• unfitness
• inappropriateness
• inaptness
• undesirability
• meaninglessness
• impropriety
• improperness
• irrelevance
• inapplicability
• inappositeness
• inadequacy
• inadequateness
• pointlessness
• inadmissibility
• undesirableness
• inexpediency
• unsatisfactoriness
• uselessness
• intolerability
• extraneousness
• inauspiciousness
• senselessness
• inexpedience
• unbecomingness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• felicity
• correctness
• propriety
• suitability
• appropriateness
• aptness
• fitness
• rightness
• seemliness
• appositeness
• suitableness
• relevance
• connection
• properness
• bearing
• applicability
• fittingness
• felicitousness
• pertinence
• relevancy
• admissibility
• materiality
• pointedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of infelicity

And that’s setting aside odd turns, factual infelicities and jokes that don’t land. — Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 9 May 2023

The Postcard is a somewhat strange book, not without the occasional infelicity of translation, almost experimental in its form. — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2023

But the infelicities of the translation are of relatively minor concern. — Mitchell Abidor, The New York Review of Books, 12 Feb. 2020

The usual infelicities of intergenerational living — different standards of kitchen cleanliness, for example — set me on an edge that felt unwarranted. — Mathina Calliope, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2019

And any fair examination of his record in office shows that these infelicities aren’t really relevant to a just evaluation of his performance. — Conrad Black, National Review, 11 Sep. 2019