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incompatible

in·com·pa·tible

UK/ˌɪŋkəmˈpætɪbəl/ US/ˌɪnkəmˈpætɪbəl/ uncommon

adjective

1.

not compatible

  • “incompatible personalities”
  • “incompatible colors”
2.

used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other''s effect

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3.

not suitable to your tastes or needs

  • “the uncongenial roommates were always fighting”
  • “the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs”
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4.

incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification

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5.

of words so related that one contrasts with the other

  • “rich”
  • “hard-up”
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7.

not compatible with other facts

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8.

not in keeping with what is correct or proper

  • “completely inappropriate behavior”
9.

used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture

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Origin

Borrowed from French incompatible.

Phrases

  • backward incompatible
  • incompatible with life

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