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
  • Wilson billed the event as an unveiling for a plan to right Chicago’s unbalanced books by cutting $1 billion in costs and generating $500 million in new revenue annually.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
  • On deficits, China also appears to be making some moves in the right direction—though from a more unbalanced starting point.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Oct. 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
  • Micelles that form in the liquid dope prevent the messy, disordered proteins from clumping and getting tangled.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Fundamentally, Beccia said, disordered eating is a mental health issue.
    — Sarah Todd, STAT, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of disordered
Adjective
  • Amnesty International reinforces this, highlighting that unequal power relations between men and women intensify during conflicts, as traditional gender roles are reinforced, making women increasingly vulnerable.
    — Hannah Berner, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The governor has long argued that the administration of the death penalty has been unequal.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of unequal
Adjective
  • The distinctive asymmetrical arrangement of functions sees a small seconds subdial between four and five o’clock, a moon phase display with an analogue date at seven o’clock, and a power reserve indicator at 10 o’clock.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Al Fresco Bar Cart Made of solid and veneered walnut with elegant brass details, the Cotu (from the makers of our favorite bar cabinets) is a delightful midcentury-style bar cart that has a distinctive asymmetrical incline on each shelf.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of asymmetrical
Adjective
  • Her musical influences, similarly incongruous on their face, stem from an era of digital music post-iTunes and pre-slop when casual internet explorers could cultivate a sprawling taste profile for free.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Its presence is incongruous and inescapable, shocks of green in a sea of clay.
    — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of incongruous
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