Definition of "inharmonic" [in•har•mon•ic]

• Not harmonic; discordant. (adjective)

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• "U+201C and U+2018 that are typographically inharmonic and orthographically incorrect if translating into german in certain scripts!"
• "Now he was across this large, low-ceilinged deck area, halfway under a console, their voices drummed out by an inharmonic wail of klaxons and warning whistles that made Red Alert on a starship sound like a church bell choir."
• "From the post came the occasional note of an inharmonic drum, struck without rhythm by a hand gone lax."