infelicity

[ in-fuh-lis-i-tee ]

/ ˌɪn fəˈlɪs ɪ ti /

the quality or state of being unhappy; unhappiness.

misfortune; bad luck.

an unfortunate circumstance; misfortune.

inaptness, inappropriateness, or awkwardness, as of action or expression.

something inapt or infelicitous: infelicities of style.

Origin of infelicity

1350–1400; Middle English infelicite < Latin infēlīcitās. See in-³, felicity

No impropriety or infelicity had been permitted to mar the smooth texture of its surface.

Theodore Roosevelt and His Times |Harold Howland
Senator Boompointer, unconscious of any infelicity in his interruption, was calmly waiting.

Clarence |Bret Harte
The heart now grew sometimes to be trembling and irresolute, and the soul to have its visions of infelicity.

Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) |James Athearn Jones
And in his infelicity and in his resentment against Rachel he savoured it all not without pleasure.

The Price of Love |Arnold Bennett

But it will involve us in great difficulties and infelicity to be now deprived of them.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 |American Anti-Slavery Society

infelicity

/ (ˌɪnfɪˈlɪsɪtɪ) /

the state or quality of being unhappy or unfortunate

an instance of bad luck or mischance; misfortune

something, esp a remark or expression, that is inapt or inappropriate