desynchronizes

Loses coordinated rhythm

Desynchronizes means to cause things that were operating in time with each other to fall out of sync.

Audio and video desynchronize when one lags behind the other.

Biological rhythms desynchronize from environmental cues during jet lag.

The edit desynchronizes the soundtrack from the footage.

The opposite of synchronize.

timing

offset

Compensate by opposing force

  • lagPeriod of falling behind
  • delayEnforced waiting period
  • staggeredShocked or unevenly spaced

nonconcurrent · unsynchronized · mistimed · arrhythmic · irregular · intermittent · sporadic · erratic · sequential · discontinuous

misalignment

mismatch

Incompatible combination

  • offsetCompensate by opposing force
  • skewTwist from straight
  • driftGradual movement, no direction

disparity · discrepancy · divergence · deviation · imbalance · incongruence · disjointed · mismatched · uncalibrated · out-of-phase

discord

conflict

Opposition between parties

tension · disharmony · incoherence · incompatibility · contradiction · inconsistency · disunity · cacophony

disruption

interruption

Break in continuity

breakdown · derailment · dysfunction · glitch · failure · dropout · decoupling · fragmentation · instability · corruption

Opposites
temporal/rhythmic alignment

desynchronizessynchronizes

Aligns in time

aligns · coordinates · syncs · harmonizes · entrains

Family

desynchronize, desynchronized, desynchronizing

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