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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlyrical
Adjective
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The ancient prose treatise on the subject of pleasure (kama) provides a brief discussion of men of a third nature (tritiya prakriti) who take the form of women or men.—
Charles Preston,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
28 May 2026 -
But Carlos Orsi, a scientific journalist with a punchy prose style, gives a lot of credit to what astrology has meant to human beings over the past thousands of years.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
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The extensive damage to the pad was particularly jarring, said Casey Dreier, chief of space policy for The Planetary Society, a nonprofit organization that conducts research and advocacy to promote space exploration.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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The jarring part here isn’t that a state official gets security.—
Scott Maxwell,
Sun Sentinel,
28 May 2026
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That question is at the crux of Irish filmmaker John Carney’s sixth sometimes magical, at times tonally dissonant solo directorial feature.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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But recent research found that members of the Tsimane’, a native Amazonian society in Bolivia, rate consonant and dissonant chords as equally pleasurable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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The flap has also brought harsh criticism from prominent people in Miami, including former Democratic congressman Joe Garcia.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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Without excessive optimism, in a world that is becoming harsher, the Festival, on the contrary, is opening up and improving.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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Jesus proved over and over again the all-encompassing authority of God, which destroys all inharmonious conditions, including sin and disease.—
Thomas Mitchinson,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 Sep. 2025
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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
Adjective
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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
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His parents were unmusical Russian-Jewish immigrants who ran various businesses with mixed success.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
3 Oct. 2019
Adjective
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In its loud, grating first scenes, Club Kid deliberately tries patience.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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The warehouse handles millions of wheels a year, moving them in and out for dairies, processors, exporters and companies that buy wheels for grating or long aging.—
Antonia Mortensen,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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But more recently, Japan-bashing has become the core of a strident Chinese nationalism, with disastrous consequences.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
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Surely the demise of America’s most strident ideological foe, ten years after the humiliations of the Iranian hostage crisis, called for greater attention?—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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“Unlyrical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlyrical. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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