out of sync
The phrase "out of sync" is commonly used to describe situations where coordination, timing, or harmony is lacking.
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Definition
B2General Usage
(informal)Not working well together or not occurring at the same time and speed.
Example
- Their schedules were out of sync, making it difficult to find time to meet.
- The team's efforts were out of sync, resulting in a disjointed project.
C1Film and Audio
(technical)When sound does not match the visual elements, such as lip movements, on the screen.
Example
- The movie was hard to watch because the dialogue was out of sync with the actors' lips.
B2Idiomatic Expression
(idiomatic)Lacking harmony or coordination in actions or behavior.
Example
- She felt out of sync with her colleagues after returning from a long vacation.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "out of sync":
out of stepout of phaseout of whackout of tunein syncout of lineout of jointout of timeout of sortsout of touchout of one's timeout of orderout of placeout of squareout of gearout of dateoff balanceout of frameout of controllip syncbehind the curveoff one's gamein tuneoffset timeoff keeloff target