discordant
Example Sentences
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“My Administration must act with the Congress to ensure that there is a minimally burdensome national standard—not 50 discordant State ones,” wrote President Donald Trump in a December executive order External link.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
“The soundtrack to U.S.-India relations is less discordant than it has been,” said Kugelman.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
In turn, an expanding roster of immersive, cinematic TV made the medium’s cheesy jingles and pandering copy look and sound discordant.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
A 19th-Century Anglo-Indian journal derided the voices of boys playing women as "discordant", comparing them unfavourably to "howling jackals".
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
The Sex Pistols’ songs are no more discordant than, say, ‘Lovely yet ungrateful swain’, a Vauxhall Gardens song of Johann Christian Bach.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing discordant
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