disaccord
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of disaccord
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French desac ( c ) order, derivative of desacort. See dis- 1, accord
Example Sentences
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Yet there were moments during the meeting when the two leaders found themselves in what one observer called "cordial disaccord" and another acknowledged as "sharp exchanges."
From Time Magazine Archive
Example: Sovietologist Richard Lowenthal has sorrowfully expressed his amazement at Solzhenitsyn's "utter disaccord with the facts of recent international history."
From Time Magazine Archive
As any sacred book belongs to a particular age, it inevitably, in the course of time, falls into disaccord with later ideas on certain points.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris
Oddly enough, the twins were in disaccord, and while Lucian had the senator's approval the general's went to his brother.
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington
While something at times like a petulant sound Seemed in strange disaccord with the peace so profound Of the eyes and the brow.
From Three Women by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
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