arrhythmic
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8.2
- adjective
- /ˌærˈrɪðmɪk/
- It closed automatically before he could recover, and briefly shuddered with arrhythmic thumps.
- arrhythmic heartbeat
- arrhythmic heart
Examples
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Insects sawed back and forth in the trees, wild, arrhythmic, an army of elfin woodsmen.
Fiction book (1997) -
The doctor's examination revealed that his heartbeat was arrhythmic, indicating a potential heart condition.
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Two weeks before the concert, Mehli's failing heart becomes arrhythmic.
Fiction book (2001) -
But through the open bedroom window comes the sound of your father's snoring, arrhythmic and faltering.
Fiction book (1993) -
His snoring—raspy, wet, arrhythmic—would lead her to him in the family room, the kitchen, or the minimally furnished, badly cluttered room that was his at-home office.
Fiction book (1997) -
A different and more mysterious kind of sound prevailed—a ceaseless churning like a motor turning over, never quite starting; a deeper throbbing like a jazz downbeat, but arrhythmic, irregular.
Fiction book (1993) -
During the performance, the percussionist intentionally played in an arrhythmic style to create a sense of tension.
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After running a marathon, she noticed her breathing had become arrhythmic, making it difficult to catch her breath.
Synonyms
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3.5
Happening at no fixed times
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7.4
Having no steady beat or regular pattern
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7.9
Having no regular beat so movement or sound feels uneven
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7.4
A sound that has no regular beat
A sound or movement that has no regular beat
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Arrhythmic comes from the prefix a- meaning 'not' and the root rhythm meaning 'a regular beat', the same 'rhythm' you hear in music. So arrhythmic means 'without a regular beat', which is why we use it for music, heartbeats, or breathing.