out of sync

idiom

: in a state in which two or more people or things do not move or happen together at the same time and speed

Some of the soldiers were marching out of sync.

The soundtrack was out of sync so they stopped the film.

—often + with

She was out of sync with the other dancers.

: in a state in which two or more people or things do not agree with or match one another

I don't know the exact time. All the clocks in the office are out of sync.

—often + with

His actions are completely out of sync with our goals.

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And all of the Cimarron's pedals act just slightly out of sync. —

Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 10 Feb. 2023 If things have gotten out of sync with a peer or project, do your best to return things to their properly balanced state. —

Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022 Yet more than a month into the booster deployment, these numbers seem completely out of sync with the actual uptake. —

Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 12 Oct. 2022 In that case, there was no need to invent a mechanism that would have knocked it out of sync. —

Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for out of sync