inconsonant
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- inconsonance noun
- inconsonantly adverb
Etymology
Origin of inconsonant
Example Sentences
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For the reissue, Cale added eight new tracks: some alternative versions—including a second, more jarring “Heartbreak Hotel,” with distorted strings and other inconsonant noises—and some songs that didn’t make the original cut.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 22, 2017
A condolatory smile, capping this enumeration, materialized on his lips; the letter was so inconsonant with the simplest precepts 35 of strategy that it elicited a kind of pity, mingled with contempt and dry amusement.
From SAT Tests
The Turks, after much consideration, feared that, much as they should like to be agreeable, such diplomatic action might perhaps be inconsonant with their neutrality.
From Time Magazine Archive
He recognized, for instance, that a blue sky above Wichita, 1923 would be totally inconsonant with the painting's overall tonality, and that it would destroy the closed ambience of Virginia City, Nevada, 1878.
From Time Magazine Archive
What he was hearing from that quiet old man in the pulpit was without the gloss of fashion; it was inconsonant with the spirit of the place as he had conceived it.
From The Main Chance by Nicholson, Meredith
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