infelicity
noun[Cusually plural]
formaluk/ˌɪn.fəˈlɪs.ə.ti/us/ˌɪn.fəˈlɪs.ə.t̬i/thefactthat something is notsuitableorcorrectin asituation:
Hisarticlewasfullofmistakesandverbalinfelicities(=unsuitableexpressions).
There areminorinfelicities and inconsistencies in thebook.
See
infelicitous
- We havecorrectederrors,shiftedmisplacedemphases, androotedout infelicities ineditingtheessays.
- True, there areoccasionalinfelicities, but it makes anentertainingand attimesprovocativepieceoffiction.
- Hepointedout the film'shistoricalinfelicities.
Unsuitable and unacceptable
- amiss
- be in bad, poor, the worst possible, etc. tasteidiom
- beneathyourdignityidiom
- beyond
- beyond the paleidiom
- incorrect
- incorrectly
- indecent
- ineligibility
- ineligible
- offend againstsomething
- over-extravagant
- raffish
- raffishness
- room
- unfit
- unsuitably
- unsuited
- unworthy
- vulgarity