disharmony
Americannoun
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lack of accord or harmony
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a situation, circumstance, etc, that is inharmonious
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FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino, has repeatedly positioned the sport as a force for inclusion and social cohesion; soccer diplomacy is being elevated as the panacea for our current global disharmony.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique dismissed any suggestions of dressing room disharmony as the reigning European champions prepared to put their continental title on the line this midweek against domestic rivals Monaco.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
It was proof, yet again, that elderly parents leave behind financial disharmony, despite their best intentions.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 2, 2026
But he is still concerned by misinformation and, he says, the potential for far-right groups to create disharmony.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024
Never once did I witness any disharmony between one of my uncles and the earth and work of the valley.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
Eerily floating string disharmonies were cut off by jarring percussion and brass outbursts; inquisitive wind motifs were answered with stark silences.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2011
The oldest American negotiation, the endless business between black and white, may be subverted more than we know by disharmonies of expectation and assumption.
From Time Magazine Archive
A drought that destroys animal and vegetable life, or a flood that sweeps it away, or a thunderbolt that shatters a living tree, are all disharmonies of Nature.
From Under the Maples by John Burroughs
But only the stage can accomplish miracles and there custom stales the plot and disharmonies garble intention.
From Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett
It gives the ideas of the disharmonies that can be found in any market place in any English market town on any English market day.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Patrick Braybrooke
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