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Recent Examples of inharmonious 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, 24 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inharmonious
Adjective
  • For Adelstein, the defense has plenty of reasonable doubt: From evidence presented, from conflicting evidence and from a lack of evidence.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
  • The conflicting reports regarding Hudson's access to UNC Football came just over a week after the couple made headlines for an interview that turned uncomfortable on CBS Sunday Mornings on April 27.
    Natasha Dye, People.com, 10 May 2025
Adjective
  • Their bathroom floor also pooled with water after showering, and noise from other apartments, like the shrill beeps of a low-battery smoke detector next door, carried through the paper-thin walls.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 22 Apr. 2025
  • As such, The Studio is shrill and talky, its chaotic scenes sparked by random performers like Charlize Theron, Zac Efron, Olivia Wilde and Sarah Polley, all of whom want something from Remick.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Oilers’ power play comes up short The power play has been the Oilers’ bread and butter for so long, but it’s been inconsistent in the playoffs and downright nonexistent on the road.
    Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • SoftBank’s investment division can be inconsistent, as it is driven by changes in public and private financial markets.
    Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • The creatively dissonant effort drove a nearly 10% month-over-month increase in store brand sales and a 12% increase across the category; expanded 7-Eleven’s in-house creative agency, producing campaigns faster and cheaper, all while also reducing plastic bag usage by 37%.
    Seth Matlins, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The book cover, showing a happy couple on a beach accompanied by a dog with a stick in its mouth, seems cheerily dissonant.
    Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Daily use by adolescents and adults can result in another unpleasant side effect: uncontrollable vomiting, according to a 2021 study.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
  • Vivian Yin’s will contains an unpleasant surprise for her daughters.
    Ilana Masad, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • While the noisy cicadas are harmless to people and don’t sting or bite, periodical cicadas can be concentrated and very numerous in some spots.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025
  • The Frigidaire delivers in many categories, but the shelf adjustments are limited, the fridge was noisier than average, and the temperature was inconsistent, leading to frozen items in the refrigerated section.
    Alice Knisley Matthias, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2025
Adjective
  • Those songs remind Omara of real people and real events, political interludes whose senselessness and brutality have left unmusical lacunae in her life.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • His parents were unmusical Russian-Jewish immigrants who ran various businesses with mixed success.
    The Economist, The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019
Adjective
  • Partners in crime and brothers forged in bonds that run thicker than blood, Ray and Manny part ways on a tragic, discordant note.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The play’s piano-and-strings compositions, by Grant Olding, closely recall Nicholas Britell’s discordant TV soundtrack; Richard wears sumptuous suits and velvet loafers without socks, then goes to prison in comfy gray sweats, sporting quiet luxury to the end.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025

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“Inharmonious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inharmonious. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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