inharmonic

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Recent Examples of inharmonic 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 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, 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inharmonic
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
  • His replacement, Hansi Flick, arrived to find an unbalanced squad that lacked a clear identity.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • The destroyer became unbalanced and was punctured in its bottom sections after a transport cradle on the stern section slid off first and became stuck, per the report.
    Shane Croucher John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • That unequal treatment presents a serious problem under current free exercise law.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
  • The federal lawsuit alleges that Troy violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), a federal law protecting individuals and religious institutions from unequal or discriminatory land use regulations.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 21 May 2025
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
  • Gaines first donned a midi-length green dress complete with an asymmetrical strapless neckline when attending the Tim Tebow Foundation Gala alongside her husband, Chip Gaines.
    Averi Baudler, People.com, 5 June 2025
  • This asymmetrical maxi is an elegant twist on classic warm-weather styles.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • Yet this description is incongruous with the footage being described.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
  • But, given the unlimited wonders accessible to the owner of a TARDIS that can traverse all of space and time, the Doctor's ongoing obsession with Earth and its people (particularly the UK) seems slightly incongruous.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • The cells have an ugly, disordered appearance under a microscope.
    Adam B. Kushner, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • In more severe cases, this ongoing pattern may erode a parent’s relationship with food, leading to emotional or disordered eating that feels increasingly difficult to name, let alone break.
    Christine Michel Carter, Parents, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • Under his cap, everything around his eyes sweats; his smile is crooked but near constant, his beard half-shaven and unsymmetrical.
    Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The system used helium as a pressurizing gas, inhibited nitrogen tetroxide for an oxidizer, and a blended hydrazine fuel made up of a mixture of around 50 percent unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine and 50 percent anhydrous hydrazine.
    Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 24 July 2019

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“Inharmonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inharmonic. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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