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Recent Examples of inharmonious 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, 24 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inharmonious
Adjective
  • While the woman's family has conflicting opinions, many Reddit users have sided with the poster.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
  • People in these senior leadership roles tend to give space and time for teams to share conflicting perspectives, debate, struggle and get curious with each other before making a decision.
    Linda Allen-Hardisty, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Alecia lets out a shrill whistle and the shadowy figures of our campmates stand up around the fire, applauding.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Like, watched it all the way through from the shrill opening filled with obnoxious kids to the leadenly staged slapstick climax?
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • In terms of individual markets, and as noted above, China continues to be inconsistent for Hollywood, but even its local titles had issues in 2024.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
  • His performance has been inconsistent at times, and there have been problems out of his control, like mechanical issues, team mistakes or strategy not panning out.
    Luke Smith, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • These songs all have a beautiful sadness to them and have a pop mentality, but there is always something dissonant or tense about them at times, musically.
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Relationships between objects are often obscure, dissonant.
    Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Based on the negative reaction from the crowd, the CBS late night host acknowledged that unpleasant feelings abound.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
  • While wildly unpleasant, most people affected with norovirus see their symptoms resolve within a few days, the Mayo Clinic says.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • If your exhaust fan is still noisy after cleaning, this could indicate loose screws or a problem with the motor.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2025
  • If there’s a slightly noisier spot (or spots) in the apartment, that is another indicator of gaps that might allow smells to seep in and could benefit from sealant, says Arianna Deane, an architect and A+A+A cofounder.
    Diana Budds, Architectural Digest, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • His parents were unmusical Russian-Jewish immigrants who ran various businesses with mixed success.
    The Economist, The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019
Adjective
  • Hancock creates a cognitive dissonance by juxtaposing the romanticized past and the cutting-edge technology of the present, placing the audience into a discordant environment.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
  • By venting online, this discordant energy between anger and resignation can be expressed.
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025

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“Inharmonious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inharmonious. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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