inharmonious

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   lacking pleasing musical harmony; discordant

   The inharmonious chords made the amateur ensemble difficult to hear.

2. 2
   adj

   lacking agreement, compatibility, or a pleasing relationship among parts

   The modern glass extension looked inharmonious beside the medieval stone church.

Formed from in- ("not") + harmonious. Harmonious derives through French and Latin from Ancient Greek harmonia ("joining, agreement, musical concord"), from a root meaning "fit together." The word extends musical discord to any badly matched combination.

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