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infelicity (n.)

late 14c., "unhappiness," from Latin infelicitas "bad luck, misfortune, unhappiness," from infelix (genitive infelicis) "unfruitful, barren; unfortunate, unhappy; causing misfortune, unlucky," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + felix "happy" (see felicity). Meaning "inappropriateness, unhappiness as to occasion" is from 1610s.

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Definitions of infelicity from WordNet

infelicity (n.)
inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression);
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