infelicity

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For a more complete and very funny deconstruction of its infelicity, read Jonathan Last’s riff in The Bulwark.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2020

This type of verbal infelicity underscores the limitations of automatic, computerized word and spelling-check mechanisms, whereby a word or words can slip through undetected, regardless of the context of usage, however inapposite.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2019

Yet the sheer variety of interactions makes up for the occasional infelicity.

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2017

Along with Bush money and Bush connections, Jeb also inherited the Bushian infelicity with language.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2016

Quarreling caused by matrimonial differences is the most frequent cause of infelicity, and most of it is caused by an innate irate temper of either husband or wife.

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