out of sync
Timing is off
Out of sync describes things that should move or operate together but don't.
The phrase comes from synchronization in film and music—when audio and video are out of sync, lips move before or after sound arrives.
More broadly, it means misaligned or not in harmony: My sleep schedule is completely out of sync, The team was out of sync all season.
The opposite is in sync.
- misalignedNot properly positioned
- off-beatUnconventionally unusual
- laggingFailing to keep pace
- desynchronizedNo longer in unison
- timingArt of choosing moments
off the beat · bad timing · rhythm · missed cue · disconnect · glitch · delay · jarring · stutter · mismatch · buffering · lag · disjointed · awkward · skipping · choppy · frame drop · drift
- music expressionsmusic to my ears, in tune, play it by ear, strike a chord, call the tune
- togethernesstogether, united, unity, togetherness, bonding
- incompatibilityoil and water, chalk and cheese, apples and oranges, mismatch, clash
- misalignmentmisaligned, misalignment, off-center, displaced, crooked
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Moving in unison
synchronized · in time · in step · in unison · coordinated
out of syncharmonized
Brought into agreement
in harmony · in agreement · on the same page · aligned · in accord
out of syncsynchronized
Occurring at the same time
synced · calibrated · coordinated · integrated · linked
out, sync, outs, outing, outer, outward, outwardly, outermost, synced