inharmonic

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Recent Examples of inharmonic 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 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
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
  • This motion is typically caused when the unbalanced drum makes contact with the inside of the washing machine or when severe vibrations cause the machine to shift across the floor.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
  • That allows the president to impose tariffs of up to 15% for up to 150 days in response to unbalanced trade.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • This disparity is also reflected in the unequal response to the fires that hit both neighborhoods.
    Esther Tseng, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Nov. 2025
  • And recent research suggests men’s unequal participation in child care and household responsibilities is another factor in lower birth rates.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
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
  • 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
Adjective
  • The actress wears a white asymmetrical top and black trousers.
    Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Across the Taiwan Strait, Taipei is pursuing its own program to develop suicide drones aimed at enhancing its asymmetric warfare capabilities and countering China’s expanding military pressure.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The comedy, often quite broad, is occasionally jarringly incongruous, and the dramatic stakes of the season-long arc sometimes vanish entirely.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Granting personhood rights to a river may seem incongruous.
    Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • To find a better solution, the researchers built an algorithm to engineer useful disordered architectures.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
  • It is associated with hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impair daily functioning and can be disabling.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Fuels such as nitrogen tetroxide and unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine are toxic and corrosive, while liquid hydrogen and oxygen must be stored at extremely low temperatures, posing risks of leakage, brittleness in metals, and explosive vaporization.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
  • 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

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“Inharmonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inharmonic. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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