Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lacking harmony, agreement, or compatibility; discordant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not consonant or agreeing; discordant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not consonant or agreeing; inconsistent; discordant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
consonant ; disagreeing orclashing
Etymologies
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Examples
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Artists cannot use photographs too slavishly, however, because the shadow on a sail in one photograph may be out of sync with the light source in the painting, the action on the water inconsonant with the direction of the wind.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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Artists cannot use photographs too slavishly, however, because the shadow on a sail in one photograph may be out of sync with the light source in the painting, the action on the water inconsonant with the direction of the wind.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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Artists cannot use photographs too slavishly, however, because the shadow on a sail in one photograph may be out of sync with the light source in the painting, the action on the water inconsonant with the direction of the wind.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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Artists cannot use photographs too slavishly, however, because the shadow on a sail in one photograph may be out of sync with the light source in the painting, the action on the water inconsonant with the direction of the wind.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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Artists cannot use photographs too slavishly, however, because the shadow on a sail in one photograph may be out of sync with the light source in the painting, the action on the water inconsonant with the direction of the wind.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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Artists cannot use photographs too slavishly, however, because the shadow on a sail in one photograph may be out of sync with the light source in the painting, the action on the water inconsonant with the direction of the wind.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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We were so outside the law, so inconsonant with authority.
Last Words George Carlin 2009
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In my opinion, nobody in a position to be a candidate today is likely to adopt this suggestion, however excellent it may be, because it is too inconsonant with the current disastrous method of campaigning, the method that has given us hack after hack, bum after bum.
Horse Race Rot, Cosmetic Crapola, And The Possible Need For Bloomberg. 2008
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"It is therefore inconsonant with RDP objectives to approach the defects warranty scheme in a selfish and self-centred manner."
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I believe that we can, but first we must recognize the fact that discussion of public policy in Canada today is totally inconsonant with the reality of our economic and social structure.
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