disharmonic
Americanadjective
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lacking harmony; disharmonious; discordant.
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without symmetry in physical form.
Etymology
Origin of disharmonic
First recorded in 1885–90; disharmon(y) + -ic
Example Sentences
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I became aware of just how terrifically not dead the most virulently dangerous forms of racism were around 2014, as the disharmonic convergence of social media, lightning-fast news cycles, and cellphones with video recording capacity filled my Facebook timeline with a seemingly endless parade of horrors.
From Washington Post
“If they play disharmonic noises, the noise will only get worse,” Mr. Gibtner added.
From New York Times
Yet it’s also appropriate, a kind of disharmonic convergence.
From New York Times
Nature brooks no delay, and the disharmonic organism must attune itself or perish.
From Project Gutenberg
Vöchting distinguishes as harmonic or disharmonic the modes of union between twig and stem, according to whether or no they reach the formation of functional unity.
From Project Gutenberg
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