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
  • This can lead to birds choosing a new mate out of necessity more than incompatibility with the previous partner.
    — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 8 July 2026
  • This phenomenon, called cytoplasmic incompatibility, also occurs when male and female mosquitoes carrying different strains of the bacterium mate.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026
Definition of incompatibility
Noun
  • While narrowly missing a sweep with Thursday afternoon’s 3-2 loss to the Orioles, this current group has already shown impressive resiliency amid pitching injuries and lineup inconsistencies.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 9 July 2026
  • The loss at Angel City, Orlando’s first match after the June break, highlighted the Pride’s ongoing inconsistency.
    — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026
Definition of inconsistency
Noun
  • Irony involves incongruity, while tragicomedy is about possible congruity—not mutual erasure but the capacity for the tragic and comic to coexist.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
  • Nobody is more alive to the comic incongruity than the man himself.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 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
  • The report, based on in-depth interviews with single-family office principals and CIOs across North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America, captures a generational cold war playing out inside the world’s most secretive financial institutions.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 June 2026
  • Ahead of season 3, EW has launched three motion covers, each one starring a contender for the crown — as the show's cold war escalates into literal dragon fire.
    — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
Definition of cold war
Noun
  • As the quarrel escalated he was stabbed repeatedly in the arm.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 12 July 2026
  • Candi is the family mediator Like any father-daughter coaching dynamic, Corey and Coco have had their fair share of quarrels on the tennis court.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
Definition of quarrel
Noun
  • One thing the trio did not touch on on the eve of America 250 was that little spat between England and a pre-independent America known as the Revolutionary War.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 July 2026
  • In March, the Pentagon designated the company a supply chain risk following a spat between Defense Department officials and the AI firm, who refused to allow the government unrestricted access to its models.
    — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of spat
Noun
  • Hollis finds a moment of peace and feels no ill will toward Gigi.
    — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026
  • Following his 2021 falling out with the Jackass guys, Bam Margera has no ill will toward the crew and their final onscreen outing.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 3 July 2026
Definition of ill will
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