Infelicities

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Infelicity \In`fe*lic"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Infelicities}. [L.
     infelicitas: cf. F. inf['e]licit['e]. See {In-} not, and
     {Felicity}.]
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     1. The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness;
        misery; wretchedness; misfortune; lack of suitableness or


        appropriateness. --I. Watts.
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              Whatever is the ignorance and infelicity of the
              present state, we were made wise and happy.
                                                    --Glanvill.
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     2. That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is
        infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech.
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