Known infelicitously as polyps, individual corals are generally no more than a tenth of an inch or so across.

Despite what probably seemed, to untrained observers, like plausible science, Murillo Karam’s infelicitously phrased “historical truth” was met with widespread skepticism and even scorn.

"Is that one of your helpers?" was the rather infelicitously worded inquiry which John was inspired to put as Miss Collins disappeared.