disharmonious

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But when it is noisy and disharmonious, then its very seclusiveness, its segregation, lends to the quarrels the bitterness of civil war.

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  1. adjective Lacking in harmony.

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  • Willing an idiomatic entity to do something far out of character would render it disharmonious, and the nonaut did not wish to be trapped in the flesh of an idiomat on a rampage It was time to seek out Uncle Fley and do whatever the Multifacet wanted done. —  Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 111] - Issue 06 - December 2006
  • He said it was clear there were "disharmonious relationships between the parental figures in this boy's life" and that family dynamics were crucial to understanding the development of his conduct disorder. —  icLiverpool
  • Volver used to address gender: a fractured, disharmonious ensemble (some family, some not) regroup uneasily around the goal of running a restaurant. —  The L Magazine - New York City's Local Event and Arts & Culture Guide
  • This is disharmonious with the principles of Anarchism. —  Check Your Premises
  • Hughes, like Luiz Felipe Scolari at Chelsea who has this week lambasted leaks and rumours emanating from his allegedly disharmonious Stamford Bridge dressing room, knows that walls have ears at football clubs. —  Manchester Evening News - RSS Feed
 

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/dɪshɑrˈmoʊnɪəs/
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