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What is the noun for infelicity?

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infelicity
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being infelicitous
  2. (countable) Something that is infelicitous or inappropriate
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Those sullen looks, which characterize the peevish and the obstinate, cast a gloom of sadness and infelicity over every company into which they enter.”
      “At this point, it is appropriate to draw attention to an infelicity in the drafting of the Yáñez-Campoy judgment.”
      “The infelicity of such theories have been shown by the work of several modern historians of South Asia.”
infelicitousness
  1. (linguistics) The quality or state of being infelicitous, or pragmatically ill-formed
infelicities
  1. plural of infelicity
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Two or three infelicities of diction I hesitate to remedy and don't much regret.”
      “Of course, we alone are responsible for any remaining errors or infelicities.”
      “The mistake is in a way only a misnomer, but terminological infelicities have a way of breeding conceptual confusion, and so it is here.”
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