inharmonic

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The arc evolved from inharmonic drones and swoops to a stretch of rolling, arpeggiated waves reminiscent of musical minimalism, and then back again.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2019

The air vibrated with the same inharmonic racket of squealing, burbling, croaking, and cheeping birds.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

If one of them is present in a high degree, and the others in a low degree, the whole is inharmonic, and not highly advantageous.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

From the post came the occasional note of an inharmonic drum, struck without rhythm by a hand gone lax.

From The Covered Wagon by Hough, Emerson