unsynchronized
- a word derived from synchronize.
Example Sentences
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“Sound to me — I can visualize it. I can visualize a bunch of subwoofers as independent energy sources, and whether they’re synchronized or unsynchronized determines which way the energy will go.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024
A grid that becomes unsynchronized can damage plugged-in appliances such as laptops and microwaves, and it can even damage power plants.
From Scientific American • Mar. 23, 2022
The film - shot with 16mm cameras by a then up-and-coming director named Sydney Pollack - sat for decades in studio vaults because Pollack forgot to slate his footage, leaving the sound and pictures unsynchronized.
From Washington Times • Apr. 2, 2019
He once wrote that the two were “victims of unsynchronized passion.”
From The New Yorker • Dec. 26, 2016
Sure enough, from the east, and high above, came the sound of German motors, a sound unmistakable by anyone who had once heard their unsynchronized drone.
From Aces Up by Clarke, Covington
