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Recent Examples of inharmonic
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.
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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, 11 Nov. 2019
The stimuli included harmonic sounds and inharmonic sounds (produced by shifting some frequencies of a previously harmonic sound), and sounds with beating and without.
—Sciencenow, WIRED, 13 Nov. 2012
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, 11 Nov. 2019
The stimuli included harmonic sounds and inharmonic sounds (produced by shifting some frequencies of a previously harmonic sound), and sounds with beating and without.
—Sciencenow, WIRED, 13 Nov. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inharmonic
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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
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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
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But as any naysayers of the ready-to-drink (RTD) category will point out, pre-mixed cocktails can be clunky — cloying and sickly sweet, unbalanced, or laden with faux flavors of lime or other once-fresh ingredients.Kate Dingwall, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Many of us unwittingly eat an unbalanced mix of foods that are high in simple carbohydrates, causing glucose spikes and subsequent crashes.Ana Morales, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2024
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Power Imbalance The unpredictability of a hot-and-cold dynamic often leads to an unequal balance in the relationship.Mark Travers, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Simply put, there are unequal amounts of batter in each cake pan, leading to variable thickness of each cake layer.Molly Bolton, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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Last night, Jolie attended the 2024 Gotham Awards in a sleeveless, drapey black dress with an asymmetrical hemline, and wore a pair of strappy platform sandals.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2024
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Under her asymmetrical coat, her ensemble seemed to feature a black bustier and a lace skirt.Jackie Fields, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
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Back in 2017, a plucky young singer named Billie Eilish burst onto the scene, equipped with haunting vocals, sharp lyrics, and a totally incongruous personal style.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2024
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But the deep plunge of her gown’s neckline and the provenance of the Renaissance-style cross has divided opinion online, with some arguing the risqué cut feels incongruous with the religious symbol.Leah Dolan, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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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
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It is associated with hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning, and can be disabling.Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
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Under his cap, everything around his eyes sweats; his smile is crooked but near constant, his beard half-shaven and unsymmetrical.Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2021
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The system used helium as a pressurizing gas, inhibited nitrogen tetroxide for an oxidizer, and a blended hydrazine fuel made up of a mixture of around 50 percent unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine and 50 percent anhydrous hydrazine.Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 24 July 2019
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“Inharmonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inharmonic. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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