Infelicity and Properness

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Infelicity noun - The quality or state of being unsuitable or unfitting.

Usage example: the infelicity of holiday decorations at a funeral home

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Properness is an antonym for infelicity.

Nearby Word: infelicitous

Properness noun - The quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting.

Usage example: questioned the properness of having any curfew at all for people of college age

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Infelicity is an antonym for properness.

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Properness and Infelicity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/infelicity/properness

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