disharmonic

adjective

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as in disharmonious

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  1. disharmonious
  2. unbalanced
  3. inharmonious
  4. inharmonic
  5. disordered
  6. unequal
  7. asymmetrical
  8. incongruous
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
  • Yet Gracia, encouraged by the priests to suffer in imitation of Christ and for the promise of eternal afterlife, resolved to stay in disharmonious matrimony with Tadaoki.
    — Nicholas Liu, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
Definition of disharmonious
Adjective
  • While the filmmakers should be commended for keeping the focus on Brockington and Prescott for most of the running time, the doc also feels somewhat unbalanced.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Lamont inherited a state that had been struggling for decades with large pension liabilities, unbalanced budgets and multiple credit downgrades from the rating agencies on Wall Street.
    — Kevin McNabola, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of unbalanced
Adjective
  • We are made loving, good, and pure – entirely free from any inharmonious tendency.
    — Margaret Rogers, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Definition of inharmonious
Adjective
  • 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
  • The sound of this solicitation purr is especially inharmonic, and cat owners are actually more attuned to it than non-owners, so there's no learning to just ignore it.
    — Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2012
Definition of inharmonic
Adjective
  • There are a number of eating behaviors, some of which might be considered disordered eating behaviors, that people trying to become muscular often engage in.
    — Ashleigh N. DeLuca, STAT, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Many of the characteristics that facilitate athletic success can also increase disordered eating symptoms.
    — Erin Harrop, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of disordered
Adjective
  • The book is trying to grapple with how extraordinarily unequal the American economy and society has become today.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Muslim organizations, meanwhile, have raised concerns about unequal access to federal security funding at home.
    — Alaa Murabit, STAT, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of unequal
Adjective
  • The Happy Hours star radiated in a strapless deep purple silk dress with a distressed scoop neckline and asymmetrical draping on her left hip, creating a ruched effect that cascaded down to the ankle-length hemline.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Its asymmetrical, leg-baring hem also seemed to reference Tina Turner.
    — Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of asymmetrical
Adjective
  • There’s always one room in a home that feels somewhat incongruous.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026
  • These incongruous people end up dying in the same dragon fire and looking the same way in a strangely intimate sort of pose.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of incongruous
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“Disharmonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disharmonic. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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