Definitions

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  • adjective Having no rhythm.

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  • adjective not rhythmic; irregular in beat or accent

Etymologies

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un- +‎ rhythmic

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Examples

  • It may make some strange shapes and unrhythmic movements but go with it!

    Potsdamer Strasse #2 Jasoni 2011

  • Rewa Gunga, perfectly at home, sprawled leisurely, along a cushioned couch with a grace that the West has not learned yet; but King did not make the mistake of trusting him any better for his easy manners, and his eyes sought swiftly for some unrhythmic, unplanned thing on which to rest, that he might save himself by a sort of mental leverage.

    In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010

  • The constant banging of unrhythmic cymbals got to our nerves quite quickly.

    New York: A Weekend of Fusion e d b m 2007

  • The constant banging of unrhythmic cymbals got to our nerves quite quickly.

    Archive 2007-02-01 e d b m 2007

  • Another body clad in the tan of Hamor joined the first in an unrhythmic dance.

    The Death of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1995

  • Such children are unrhythmic, and it will generally be noticed that these children are stiff and awkward, often also over-excitable.

    The Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze Emile Jaques-Dalcroze

  • It does not follow that the music was unrhythmic because it was unaccented, and because in writing it was not divided into bars.

    Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama George Ainslie Hight

  • They had that unrhythmic frequency which suggested that they were responses to a speech.

    The Pirates of Ersatz Murray Leinster 1935

  • When the sergeant and his guest moved past them, the unrhythmic waverings of the small yellow lights seemed to change hopefully, as if the machines anticipated being put to use.

    The Machine That Saved The World Murray Leinster 1935

  • It was completely unrhythmic and very close to normal.

    The Machine That Saved The World Murray Leinster 1935

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