OUT-OF-SYNC Definition & Meaning

out-of-sync

[ out-uhv-singk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Movies. (in the editing or projection of film) referring to any situation in which the sound does not correspond to the lip movements of an actor or to any other sound source on the screen.
not synchronized.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of out-of-sync¹

First recorded in 1945–50

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Ever since then, they’d looked out-of-sync, low on confidence and unexpectedly lackluster at the plate.

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Others, he simply seemed out-of-sync on the mound.

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Robotics is used to induce presence hallucinations artificially, which consists of a robotic finger poking the user's back out-of-sync with the user's own poking movement.

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Old Navy's comparable sales rose 1% in the third quarter, their first increase in 10 quarters, after the brand languished last year due to out-of-sync inventory.

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Last year, sales at Gap's Old Navy brand had languished due to out-of-sync inventory, but attempts to get the right products on the shelf helped the brand's comparable sales rise 1% in the third quarter, the first increase in 10 quarters.

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