disharmonic

Definition of disharmonicnext

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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
  • Their effect on each other is also unbalanced with Cee Cee seeing Bertie as BFF — Best Fan Forever.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
  • On the other hand, the trend is a great way to hide a door that's in a strange place, or one that otherwise makes a room feel unbalanced.
    Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Jesus proved over and over again the all-encompassing authority of God, which destroys all inharmonious conditions, including sin and disease.
    Thomas Mitchinson, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2025
  • 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
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
  • In Maryland, nearly 6% of residents exhibit disordered gambling behavior, up from 4% two years prior, a 2024 study backed by the Maryland Department of Health found.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The New Yorker Consume Me This semi-autobiographical game by director Jenny Jiao Hsia explores her experiences with dieting and disordered eating as an Asian American teenager in the early 2010s, using gameplay mechanics to reflect the emotional and cultural pressures surrounding these issues.
    Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Despite some significant flaws, including unequal access to care in poor and rural areas, its focus on preventive care is widely considered a model worldwide.
    Jessica A.J. Rich, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Last year, the Education Department terminated one agreement involving books removed from a school library in Georgia, and another targeting harsh discipline and unequal education opportunities for Native students in the Rapid City Area School District in South Dakota.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • While disrupting the business of an American multinational company may seem a pallid response to the destruction of an Iranian primary school where more than a hundred children were killed, such asymmetric attacks in the physical and digital realms have been a feature of this conflict.
    Sue Halpern, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Salon embraces that motif, with an asymmetrical, curving silhouette that's sure to get plenty of compliments.
    Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The president’s ability to speak to the concerns of working people has always seemed incongruous with his biography as a billionaire real estate developer.
    Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Amidst the drunk, half-naked and lascivious troupe, Father Vincent O’Keeffe, in his dark black suit and pasty bald pate, strikes an incongruous figure.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Disharmonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disharmonic. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

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