at variance

English

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Prepositional phrase

at variance

1. (idiomatic) Not in accord; in a state of disagreement.
   • 1993 July, Charles R. Morris, “It's Not the Economy, Stupid”, in The Atlantic‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 November 2025:

     Bill Clinton was elected on an untenable premise: that it is the job of the President to manage the economy. Yes, that is what we have come to expect of Presidents; but this expectation, the author argues, is punishingly at variance with anything any President can credibly deliver[.]

   • 2011, Martin Durrell, A. E. Hammer, Hammer's German Grammar and Usage, 5th edition, London: Hodder Education, →ISBN:

     In some contexts, German usage is at variance with English, e.g.: Ihr Büro ist im vierten Stock Her office is on the fourth floor

Synonyms

• discrepant
• discordant
• dissonant