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
  • The cracks tend to show up at the same time, the way unbalanced loads expose a weak frame.
    — Rob Versaw, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Their starting rotation does not throw strikes, their bullpen is unbalanced, and no outfield in baseball boasts a lower batting average or on-base percentage.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 21 July 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
  • Studies have found that Black college women, as a group, report greater body satisfaction and lower rates of disordered eating than white women of comparable weight.
    — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Research shows that such bodily scrutiny is already damaging transgender youth and that bodily shame can significantly affect young people’s mental health, leading to disordered eating and other physical and psychological harm.
    — Megan Gandy, The Conversation, 1 July 2026
Definition of disordered
Adjective
  • Get clear on the arrangement — bills, loans, investments or unequal spending habits could become a source of tension, especially if your own priorities are changing.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
  • While defense spending remains unequal among European NATO countries, most countries have made progress on increasing the means devoted to military capabilities.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 17 July 2026
Definition of unequal
Adjective
  • Lhuillier also added a removable shawl accented with ecru French lace to the design, giving the gown an asymmetrical neckline and a dramatic train.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 26 July 2026
  • Add a little flash to a standard lob with an asymmetrical cut.
    — Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 26 July 2026
Definition of asymmetrical
Adjective
  • Especially the guy who bangs a wrecking ball against the historic East Wing to make room for an incongruous ballroom monstrosity, who mars the sacred Oval Office with gold glitter and paves over the lovely Rose Garden.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The beloved Greengrass wallpaper, with its incongruous scenes of old New Orleans, has been absorbing the smell for many decades.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Definition of incongruous
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