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
  • Rhetoric, including questions providers do or don’t ask, plays a role in the unbalanced sterilization rates among men and women.
    Jenna Vinson, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The economy is unbalanced at the moment.
    Conor Sen, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 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
  • Her 18-year-old daughter, Annalee, died by suicide in November 2020 after she was allegedly inundated with content related to disordered eating, self-injury, and suicide.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The pressure to be perfect can also contribute to disordered eating.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The data revealed Black babies have a higher likelihood to die than others and that mothers of color also face the brunt of unequal access to care and predisposition to certain medical conditions.
    Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2026
  • In a world where everything is supposed to be equal, the rev-share can now be unequal.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The two Republican frontrunners enjoy more consolidated support from their political base than their Democratic counterparts, creating an asymmetrical advantage that could result in both Republicans advancing despite Democratic registration advantages in the state.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Even the government, facing existential military pressure, might calculate that asymmetric biological retaliation carries less risk than conventional defeat.
    Ashish K. Jha, STAT, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • Appearances by the low-calorie brands in the film, set within a fashion-media outlet, are likely to be seen as authentic, rather than incongruous.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Disharmonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disharmonic. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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