(a.) Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, an infelicitous condition; an infelicitous remark; an infelicitous description; infelicitous words.

Doric bad barbaric barbarous cacophonous careless clumsy coarse crude doggerel dysphemistic erroneous faulty futile graceless gross harsh ill-adapted ill-advised ill-assorted ill-chosen ill-considered ill-fitted ill-matched ill-seasoned ill-sorted ill-suited ill-timed impolitic imprecise improper impure in bad taste inadmissible inadvisable inapplicable inapposite inappropriate inapt inauspicious inconcinnate inconcinnous incongruous inconvenient incorrect indecorous inelegant inept inexpedient inopportune intempestive intrusive irrelevant late loose low mal a propos maladjusted malapropos misjoined mismatched mismated misplaced mistimed off base out of character out of joint out of keeping out of line out of phase out of place out of proportion out of season out of time out of tune outlandish premature rude slipshod slovenly solecistic tasteless too late too soon unadapted unapt unbecoming unbefitting uncourtly uncouth undesirable undignified uneuphonious unfavorable unfelicitous unfit unfitted unfitting unfortunate ungraceful ungrammatic unhandy unhappy unlucky unmeet unpolished unprofitable unpropitious unqualified unready unrefined unripe unseasonable unseemly unsuitable unsuited untimely untoward unwise vulgar wrong