inharmonic

[in-hahr-mon-ik]

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adjective

not harmonic; dissonant.

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Origin of inharmonic

First recorded in 1820–30; in-³ + harmonic

Related formsin·har·mo·ny

[in-hahr-muh-nee] /ɪnˈhɑr mə ni/, noun

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From the post came the occasional note of an inharmonic drum, struck without rhythm by a hand gone lax.
The Covered Wagon
Emerson Hough
If one of them is present in a high degree, and the others in a low degree, the whole is inharmonic, and not highly advantageous.
Folkways
William Graham Sumner