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infelicitous

  • 1 desacertado

    adj.
    mistaken, wrong, in error, unwise.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desacertar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desacertar desacertar
    1 (erróneo) wrong, mistaken
    2 (inadecuado) unfortunate, unwise, inappropriate; (sin tacto) tactless
    ■ un comentario desacertado a tactless remark, an unfortunate remark
    * * *
    ADJ [diagnóstico, opinión] mistaken; [medida] unwise
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <elección/comentario> unfortunate, unwise; < estrategia> misguided

    estuvo muy desacertado al decir eso — ( indiscreto) it was very tactless o indiscreet of him to say that; ( equivocado) he made a big mistake saying that

    * * *
    = misconceived, ill-advised, infelicitous, off-beam, wide of the mark, indiscreet.
    Ex. It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by misconceived goals based on a failure to recognize the essential properties of IR.
    Ex. The cost implications of ill-advised or hastily prepared rules for American libraries catalogs would grossly transcend any short expenditures.
    Ex. Past failures to make interactive machine translation viable as a tool for skilled translators have been the result of an infelicitous mode of interaction rather than any inherent flaw in the idea.
    Ex. The director goes where even the previous two movies feared to tread -- to an exquisitely off-beam imaginary world of arrested adolescence.
    Ex. The reviewer, focusing on questions of methodology, finds the book often wide of its mark and the method historically licentious.
    Ex. Palma, described by many as an indiscreet braggart, told people at the gun range that the group was preparing for clandestine trips to Cuba.
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    * Algo desacertado = infelicity.
    * estar desacertado = miss + the mark, miss + the point.
    * ser desacertado = miss + the mark, miss + the point.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <elección/comentario> unfortunate, unwise; < estrategia> misguided

    estuvo muy desacertado al decir eso — ( indiscreto) it was very tactless o indiscreet of him to say that; ( equivocado) he made a big mistake saying that

    * * *
    = misconceived, ill-advised, infelicitous, off-beam, wide of the mark, indiscreet.

    Ex: It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by misconceived goals based on a failure to recognize the essential properties of IR.

    Ex: The cost implications of ill-advised or hastily prepared rules for American libraries catalogs would grossly transcend any short expenditures.
    Ex: Past failures to make interactive machine translation viable as a tool for skilled translators have been the result of an infelicitous mode of interaction rather than any inherent flaw in the idea.
    Ex: The director goes where even the previous two movies feared to tread -- to an exquisitely off-beam imaginary world of arrested adolescence.
    Ex: The reviewer, focusing on questions of methodology, finds the book often wide of its mark and the method historically licentious.
    Ex: Palma, described by many as an indiscreet braggart, told people at the gun range that the group was preparing for clandestine trips to Cuba.
    * Algo desacertado = infelicity.
    * estar desacertado = miss + the mark, miss + the point.
    * ser desacertado = miss + the mark, miss + the point.

    * * *
    ‹elección/comentario› unfortunate, unwise; ‹estrategia› misguided
    estuvo muy desacertado en sacar ese tema a relucir (indiscreto) it was very tactless o indiscreet of him to bring up that subject; (equivocado) he made a big mistake bringing up that subject
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    Del verbo desacertar: ( conjugate desacertar)

    desacertado es:

    el participio

    desacertado,-a adjetivo unwise
    ' desacertado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desacertada
    - desgraciada
    - desgraciado
    - desafortunado
    - errado
    - torpeza
    English:
    ill-advised
    - ill
    * * *
    desacertado, -a adj
    [inoportuno] unwise, ill-considered; [erróneo] mistaken, wrong;
    estuvo muy desacertado en sus comentarios [inoportuno] her comments were ill-judged o unwise;
    [erróneo] her comments were very wide of the mark
    * * *
    adj misguided
    * * *
    desacertado, -da adj
    1) : mistaken
    2) : unwise

    Spanish-English dictionary > desacertado

  • 2 desafortunado

    adj.
    unfortunate, unlucky, poor, fateful.
    * * *
    1 (sin suerte) unlucky, unfortunate
    2 (sin tino) unfortunate
    * * *
    (f. - desafortunada)
    adj.
    unfortunate, unlucky
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=desgraciado) unfortunate, unlucky
    2) (=no oportuno) [comentario, anuncio] inopportune, unfortunate; [decisión, medida] unfortunate
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( desdichado) < persona> unlucky; < suceso> unfortunate
    b) ( desacertado) <medidas/actuación> unfortunate
    * * *
    = hapless, unfortunate, unhappy, inauspicious, unlucky, infelicitous, fateful, off-beam.
    Ex. From the skimming he had given their writings he knew that something like a chemical agent was working in Balzac's defenseless mind, and that the hapless fellow was trying not to succumb to it.
    Ex. It is an unfortunate fact that many external services cannot hope to mirror the interests of a specific organisation.
    Ex. In this unhappy pattern SLIS are not being singled out for especially harsh treatment.
    Ex. In retrospect, this was perhaps a rather inauspicious beginning, for the test apparently broke down in disarray over the question of relevance judgement.
    Ex. Secondly, a clean proof of the sheet was generally shown to the author for his approval and (if the printer was unlucky) his second thoughts.
    Ex. Past failures to make interactive machine translation viable as a tool for skilled translators have been the result of an infelicitous mode of interaction rather than any inherent flaw in the idea.
    Ex. The Russian delegation also presented a handmade book to the National Library of Scotland in remembrance of that fateful Moscow meeting.
    Ex. The director goes where even the previous two movies feared to tread -- to an exquisitely off-beam imaginary world of arrested adolescence.
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    * Algo desafortunado = infelicity.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( desdichado) < persona> unlucky; < suceso> unfortunate
    b) ( desacertado) <medidas/actuación> unfortunate
    * * *
    = hapless, unfortunate, unhappy, inauspicious, unlucky, infelicitous, fateful, off-beam.

    Ex: From the skimming he had given their writings he knew that something like a chemical agent was working in Balzac's defenseless mind, and that the hapless fellow was trying not to succumb to it.

    Ex: It is an unfortunate fact that many external services cannot hope to mirror the interests of a specific organisation.
    Ex: In this unhappy pattern SLIS are not being singled out for especially harsh treatment.
    Ex: In retrospect, this was perhaps a rather inauspicious beginning, for the test apparently broke down in disarray over the question of relevance judgement.
    Ex: Secondly, a clean proof of the sheet was generally shown to the author for his approval and (if the printer was unlucky) his second thoughts.
    Ex: Past failures to make interactive machine translation viable as a tool for skilled translators have been the result of an infelicitous mode of interaction rather than any inherent flaw in the idea.
    Ex: The Russian delegation also presented a handmade book to the National Library of Scotland in remembrance of that fateful Moscow meeting.
    Ex: The director goes where even the previous two movies feared to tread -- to an exquisitely off-beam imaginary world of arrested adolescence.
    * Algo desafortunado = infelicity.

    * * *
    1 (desdichado) ‹persona› unlucky; ‹suceso› unfortunate
    siempre ha sido desafortunado en amores/en el juego he's always been unlucky in love/at cards
    ha sido un día desafortunado it's been an unfortunate day
    2 (desacertado) ‹medidas/actuación› unfortunate
    el diestro estuvo desafortunado con la espada the matador performed poorly with the sword
    su respuesta fue desafortunada his reply was tactless o unfortunate
    * * *

    desafortunado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ( desdichado) ‹ persona› unlucky;

    ‹ suceso› unfortunate
    b) ( desacertado) ‹medidas/actuación› unfortunate

    desafortunado,-a adjetivo
    1 (sin suerte) unlucky, unfortunate
    2 (inoportuno) inopportune: un comentario desafortunado, an unfortunate remark
    ' desafortunado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desafortunada
    - salada
    - salado
    - desgraciado
    English:
    unfortunate
    - unhappy
    - unlucky
    - hapless
    * * *
    desafortunado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [desgraciado] unfortunate;
    el desafortunado suceso ocurrió ayer the unfortunate event occurred yesterday;
    un día desafortunado en las carreteras a black day on the roads
    2. [desacertado] unfortunate;
    un comentario desafortunado an unfortunate remark;
    el equipo tuvo una desafortunada actuación the team performed below par;
    el ministro estuvo bastante desafortunado the minister made some unfortunate remarks
    3. [sin suerte] unlucky;
    fue muy desafortunada en amores she was very unlucky in love
    ♦ nm,f
    unlucky person
    * * *
    adj unfortunate, unlucky
    * * *
    desafortunado, -da adj
    : unfortunate, unlucky
    * * *
    desafortunado adj unfortunate

    Spanish-English dictionary > desafortunado

См. также в других словарях:

  • Infelicitous — In fe*lic i*tous, a. Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, an infelicitous condition; an infelicitous remark; an infelicitous description; infelicitous words.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • infelicitous — index disconsolate, disproportionate, ill advised, improper, inadvisable, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate …   Law dictionary

  • infelicitous — 1754, from IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + FELICITOUS (Cf. felicitous). Related: infelicitously …   Etymology dictionary

  • infelicitous — unhappy, inapt, inappropriate, unfitting, *unfit, unsuitable, improper Analogous words: unbecoming, unseemly, indecorous, improper, indelicate, indecent: inept, maladroit, gauche, *awkward Antonyms: felicitous Contrasted words: happy, apt,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • infelicitous — [in΄fə lis′ə təs] adj. not felicitous; unfortunate or unsuitable infelicitously adv …   English World dictionary

  • infelicitous — adjective Date: 1835 not felicitous: as a. not appropriate or well timed < an infelicitous remark > b. awkward, unfortunate < an infelicitous moment > • infelicitously adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • infelicitous — adjective /ˌɪn.fəˈlɪs.ɪ.təs,ˌɪn.fɪˈlɪs.ɪ.təs,ˌɪn.fɛlˈɪs.ɪ.təs,ˌɪn.fəˈlɪs.ɪ.təs,ˌɪn.fəˈlɪs.ə.təs/ a) Unhappy or unfortunate. If leading a dogs life be considered a peculiar phase of human misery, the life of a Boys Dog is still more infelicitous.… …   Wiktionary

  • infelicitous — infelicitously, adv. /in feuh lis i teuhs/, adj. 1. inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark. 2. not felicitous, happy, or fortunate; unhappy. [1825 35; IN 3 + FELICITOUS] * * * …   Universalium

  • infelicitous — in•fe•lic•i•tous [[t]ˌɪn fəˈlɪs ɪ təs[/t]] adj. not felicitous; inapt or inappropriate: an infelicitous remark[/ex] • Etymology: 1825–35 in fe•lic′i•tous•ly, adv …   From formal English to slang

  • infelicitous — /ɪnfəˈlɪsətəs/ (say infuh lisuhtuhs) adjective 1. not felicitous, happy, or fortunate; unhappy. 2. inapt or inappropriate: an infelicitous remark. –infelicitously, adverb …  

  • infelicitous — Synonyms and related words: Doric, bad, barbaric, barbarous, cacophonous, careless, clumsy, coarse, crude, doggerel, dysphemistic, erroneous, faulty, futile, graceless, gross, harsh, ill adapted, ill advised, ill assorted, ill chosen, ill… …   Moby Thesaurus

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