disharmonic

Definition of disharmonicnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disharmonic
Adjective
  • Precisely for this reason, what is particularly important is the undertone of the brown lipstick, which can be pinkish or orange to create a continuum with the complexion, avoiding creating disharmonious contrasts.
    Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2025
  • From the start — before the start — Leicester’s season has been disharmonious, with the threat of a points deduction hanging over them, Enzo Maresca leaving for Chelsea in early June, Steve Cooper, his replacement, lasting five months and Ruud van Nistelrooy now the conductor of catastrophe.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Decades of underfunding have left our educators doing more and more with less, and laws and regulations for public school educators that have doubled in the last 25 years are creating an unbalanced, unequal system of accountability across school systems.
    Sandy Thuringer, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Symptoms from an unbalanced gut aren’t limited to your stomach and digestive system.
    Rena Goldman, Health, 17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Setting Discordant Personal Goals A 2023 study published in Current Psychology finds that partners’ inharmonious goals can have detrimental effects on relationships.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • For sixteen hours a week, Valentine hopes to share some melody in a place that, for some, can feel inharmonious.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 24 July 2021
Adjective
  • The arc evolved from inharmonic drones and swoops to a stretch of rolling, arpeggiated waves reminiscent of musical minimalism, and then back again.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The stimuli included harmonic sounds and inharmonic sounds (produced by shifting some frequencies of a previously harmonic sound), and sounds with beating and without.
    ScienceNow, WIRED, 13 Nov. 2012
Adjective
  • On TikTok, the hashtag #SkinnyTok, which promoted content around disordered eating, was banned from search results last summer after gaining massive popularity on the platform.
    Angela Yang, NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Add intense pressure to meet unrealistic body standards, and the chance of developing disordered eating climbs even higher.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • But these agents weren’t upset by unequal pay as much as by the grinding itself.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Born out of wedlock to a teenage mom, growing up under the oppressive cloud of segregation, confined to schools, sports facilities, movie theaters that were separate and unequal.
    CBS News, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Its asymmetrical hem hits at a midi length, and the cowl neckline combined with adjustable straps makes for a soirée-ready silhouette.
    Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
  • In October 2025, Martin channeled Paltrow's '90s wardrobe in a minimalist white tank top and an asymmetrical black miniskirt.
    Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • That concept is, after all, incongruous with the ethos and look of Eckhaus Latta.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
  • There can’t be too many quotes attributed to such an incongruous triumvirate, but then there are few instruments as polarizing as the squeeze-box.
    Jonathan Margolis, Air Mail, 24 Jan. 2026
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“Disharmonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disharmonic. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.

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