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incompatibility

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in·com·pat·i·bil·i·ty  (nkm-pt-bl-t)
n. pl. in·com·pat·i·bil·i·ties
1. The state or quality of being incompatible.
2. incompatibilities Mutually exclusive or antagonistic qualities or things.
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Noun1.incompatibility - the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
contradictoriness - the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist
2.incompatibility - (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)
immunology - the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system
histoincompatibility - incompatibility in which one person's tissue cannot be transplanted to another person
Rh incompatibility - incompatibility of Rh blood types; a transfusion of Rh-positive blood given to a Rh-negative person (or vice versa) can result in hemolysis and anemia
physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
3.incompatibility - the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination
conflict - an incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings"
incongruity, incongruousness - the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
characteristic - a distinguishing quality
compatibility - capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination

incompatibility
noun inconsistency, conflict, discrepancy, antagonism, incongruity, irreconcilability, disparateness, uncongeniality Incompatibility between mother and baby's blood group may cause jaundice.
Translations
incompatibility [ˈɪnkəmˌpætəˈbɪlɪtɪ] Nincompatibilidad f
incompatibility [ˌɪnkəmpætɪˈbɪlɪti] nincompatibilité f
incompatibility
n (of characters, temperaments, ideas, propositions)Unvereinbarkeit f; (of drugs, blood groups, colours)Unverträglichkeit f; (of technical systems)Inkompatibilität f; divorce on grounds of incompatibilityScheidung aufgrund or auf Grund der Unvereinbarkeit der Charaktere der Ehepartner
incompatibility [ˈɪnkəmˌpætəˈbɪlɪtɪ] nincompatibilità
incompatibility [ˈɪnkəmˌpætəˈbɪlɪtɪ] nincompatibilità


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I gather from all this, Tom Gradgrind,' said Bounderby, standing up with his hands in his pockets, 'that you are of opinion that there's what people call some incompatibility between Loo Bounderby and myself.
The fact is that we had absolutely incompatible dispositions and habits of thought and action, and our danger and isolation only accentuated the incompatibility.
This enabled Mattingly and Maryland Joe to cut down the body of a man hanged by the Vigilance Committee a few hours before on the regular trail, and to remonstrate with the committee on the incompatibility of such exhibitions with a maidenly worship of nature.
 
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