inharmoniousness

noun

as in incompatibility

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inharmoniousness
  1. incompatibility
  2. inconsistency
  3. incongruity
  4. incongruence
  5. cold war
  6. quarrel
  7. spat
  8. ill will
Noun
  • Romano explained that their on-set incompatibility stemmed from how they were raised.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Gauss incompatibility can only explain smooth and periodic patterns, however, as Sharon and his team were aware.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of incompatibility
Noun
  • Fast-forward three years later, injuries and inconsistency at his first NFL home led to the onetime leading rusher for the Horned Frogs being waived by the Saints last Saturday.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Nov. 2026
  • This, too, can degrade the structural integrity of a concrete building, experts say, and underscores inconsistencies in the building techniques used.
    — Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of inconsistency
Noun
  • The movie sanitizes the past and removes its tang, its pungency, leaving a craving for contact with nature, with raw experience, with incongruities and accidents and anything but what fits, in lieu of such synthetic sophistication.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Both shows attempted to offer a perspective on authentic Italian style, with Milan's incongruities as an underlying theme.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of incongruity
Noun
  • The more senior the team, the more costly this incongruence becomes, because symbolic behavior travels quickly through the organization.
    — Britton Bloch, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Such incongruence between actions and intentions can also bring about feelings of guilt.
    — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of incongruence
Noun
  • For a nation recovering from global conflict, the spectacle of two powerful women waging a cold war of words was irresistible.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The Saudis, then mired in a regional cold war with Iran, viewed the Houthis as an Iranian proxy force that threatened the kingdom’s borders.
    — Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of cold war
Noun
  • In the first incident, a 47-year-old man was stabbed multiple times in the upper body during a quarrel with his killer outside a Bronx homeless shelter on Sedgwick Ave.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • When a quarrel over an inheritance revives old hostilities, their relationship comes under pressure from greed and treachery in a conflict not of their making.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of quarrel
Noun
  • In 2024, for example, judges issued a nationwide ban on X after owner Elon Musk rejected a Supreme Court order, leading to a diplomatic spat with Washington.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The ballot measures were spawned by a spat between Inglewood and Hollywood Park, the nearly 300-acre development anchored by SoFi Stadium and owned by Rams owner Stan Kroenke.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of spat
Noun
  • Accountability is certainly a cornerstone of democracy, but there’s no question this recall referendum effort has brought its share of drama, social media sparring and ill will to a community that has plenty of other things to contend with.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The outcome of litigation often is a great expense and has reverberations of ill will for years to come.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of ill will
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“Inharmoniousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inharmoniousness. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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