infelicity
Noun
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The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; want of suitableness or appropriateness.
That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
inadmissibility
disaster
trouble
distress
grief
despair
discontent
discomfort
misery
misfortune
sadness
agony
calamity
inconvenience
anguish
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Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts.