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unfelicitous

unfelicitous adjective: not felicitous; unhappy, unfortunate.

Adjective

unfelicitous (comparative more unfelicitous, superlative most unfelicitous)

  1. Not felicitous; unhappy, unfortunate.

Forms of unfelicitous

comparativemore unfelicitous
superlativemost unfelicitous

Origin of unfelicitous

From un- + felicitous.

Words formed from unfelicitous

Questions about unfelicitous

What does unfelicitous mean?
Unfelicitous means not felicitous; unhappy, unfortunate.
What part of speech is unfelicitous?
Unfelicitous is an adjective.

Words near unfelicitous in the dictionary

  1. unfeigning
  2. unfeigningly
  3. unfeisty
  4. unfelicitated
  5. unfelicitating
  6. unfelicitous
  7. unfelicitously
  8. unfelicitousness
  9. unfelicity
  10. unfeline
  11. unfellable

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