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"lang": "French",
"sense": "inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done",
"word": "malheureux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done",
"word": "maladroit"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done",
"word": "inadéquat"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done",
"word": "gauche"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done",
"word": "unglücklich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done",
"word": "ungeschickt"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done",
"word": "uheldig"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neuméstnyj",
"sense": "inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "неуме́стный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nepodxodjáščij",
"sense": "inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "неподходя́щий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neudáčnyj",
"sense": "inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "неуда́чный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done",
"word": "torpe"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done",
"word": "impropio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done",
"word": "aciago"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done",
"word": "inadecuado"
}
],
"word": "infelicitous"
}
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