disharmonic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disharmonic
Adjective
  • Precisely for this reason, what is particularly important is the undertone of the brown lipstick, which can be pinkish or orange to create a continuum with the complexion, avoiding creating disharmonious contrasts.
    Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Yet Gracia, encouraged by the priests to suffer in imitation of Christ and for the promise of eternal afterlife, resolved to stay in disharmonious matrimony with Tadaoki.
    Nicholas Liu, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
Adjective
  • These unbalanced foreign investments can also cause asset bubbles like the one that drove the 2007-8 financial crisis and inflate the value of the dollar, making U.S. exports even less competitive.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
  • This pattern can lead to codependency or an unbalanced relationship dynamic where one partner constantly gives while the other takes.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • 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, Washington Post, 24 July 2021
Adjective
  • The sound of this solicitation purr is especially inharmonic, and cat owners are actually more attuned to it than non-owners, so there's no learning to just ignore it.
    Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2012
  • The arc evolved from inharmonic drones and swoops to a stretch of rolling, arpeggiated waves reminiscent of musical minimalism, and then back again.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2019
Adjective
  • Advocates for public schools and teachers said eliminating the DOE would be a disaster that would leave children behind in an American education system that’s fundamentally unequal.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • In fact, Davis doesn’t believe adopting a cumulative voting system would fully solve the issue of unequal representation.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In the past, Jamil has openly discussed her own journey recovering from anorexia and disordered eating.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Thus did the conservative loose cannonballs come eventually to dominate the GOP—and define our disordered political era.
    Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made by History, TIME, 10 June 2024
Adjective
  • Anderson has also wrapped denim into an asymmetrical form so that the fabric drapes diagonally from one jutting hip, falling as fluidly as an elegant gown painted by John Singer Sargent.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • For Xbox primaries like me, the asymmetrical stick layout is a godsend, and their finish is delightfully smooth without affecting grip.
    Matt Gardner, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The buildings are beautiful and tranquil but fundamentally incongruous (modern architecture mixed with bits of decaying monasteries, gathered from meadows in Catalonia and France).
    Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • That seemed as incongruous a combination as a nightingale harmonizing with an alley cat.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Disharmonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disharmonic. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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