disharmonic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disharmonic
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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, 28 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Collective grading isn’t fair yet considering the teams have faced unbalanced competition, but two games provide a window into how each passer has settled into the season.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Airflow is often unbalanced, duct leakage is higher than expected and controls may not be calibrated.
    Brynn Cooksey, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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
  • Corporate governance has long grappled with the challenge of information asymmetry—the unequal distribution of critical knowledge between management and oversight bodies such as boards and shareholders.
    Michael Hilb, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Clairet alleges her tenure at Disney started on unequal footing, accusing the company of hiring a man for the same work but with a more senior title and higher pay.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And kids can develop disordered eating despite a parent's best effort to instill healthy eating habits.
    Adrienne Farr, Parents, 5 Sep. 2025
  • While the rise of GLP-1s brings a myriad of valid concerns − such as its contribution to disordered eating and promotion of thinness as the ideal body type − Williams' outspokenness is a crucial, balanced example of healthy and transparent GLP-1 usage.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The Oscar-winning actress wore an asymmetrical dress with a statement bow.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This represents asymmetric warfare for the digital age, where a relatively small number of hackers can potentially neutralize the world’s most advanced economy by weaponizing its own digital infrastructure.
    Bob Ackerman, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The colors were not incongruous with the 18th century, but Canonero said Coppola’s suggestion helped focus her color choices.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The caption seemed incongruous with the images, none of which depicted Berry cooking or cleaning.
    Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Disharmonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disharmonic. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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