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incompatible

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in·com·pat·i·ble  (nkm-pt-bl)
adj.
1. Incapable of associating or blending or of being associated or blended because of disharmony, incongruity, or antagonism: incompatible views on religion.
2. Impossible to be held simultaneously by one person: the incompatible offices of prosecutor and judge.
3. Logic That cannot be simultaneously true; mutually exclusive.
4. Medicine
a. Producing an undesirable effect when used in combination with a particular substance: a medication that is incompatible with alcohol.
b. Not immunologically compatible: incompatible blood types.
n.
One that is incompatible.

incom·pati·ble·ness n.
incom·pati·bly adv.

incompatible
Adjective
not able to exist together in harmony; conflicting or inconsistent
incompatibility n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.incompatible - not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors"
uncongenial, incompatible - not suitable to your tastes or needs; "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs"
inharmonious, unharmonious - not in harmony
mismatched - either not matched or unsuitably matched
different - unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one"
compatible - able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination; "a compatible married couple"; "her deeds were compatible with her ideology"
2.incompatibleincompatible - used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect
3.incompatibleincompatible - not suitable to your tastes or needs; "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs"
incompatible - not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors"
unfriendly - not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take"
unsympathetic - not sympathetic or disposed toward; "unsympathetic officialdom"; "people unsympathetic to the revolution"; "his dignity made him seem aloof and unsympathetic"
4.incompatible - incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
compatible - capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
5.incompatible - of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"
antonymous - of words: having opposite meanings
6.incompatible - not easy to combine harmoniously
mismatched - either not matched or unsuitably matched
7.incompatible - not compatible with other facts
inconsistent - displaying a lack of consistency; "inconsistent statements cannot both be true at the same time"; "inconsistent with the roadmap"
8.incompatibleincompatible - not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior"
incongruous - lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness; "a plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior"; "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation"
9.incompatible - used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture
immiscible, non-miscible, unmixable - (chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing

incompatible
Translations
Spanish incompatible [ɪnkəmˈpætɪbl] adjincompatible
French incompatible [ɪnkəmˈpætɪbl] adjincompatible
German incompatible [ɪnkəmˈpætɪbl] adjunvereinbar
Italian incompatible [ɪnkəmˈpætɪbl] adjincompatibile

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But even as expounded by its author it does not explain, and in truth is incompatible with some incidents of, the occurrences related in these memoranda: for example, the sound of Charles Ashmore's voice.
Crawford's endeavours to convince you that they may not be incompatible with his.
George might have been only a large seal, or sea-horse; bearing all this in mind, it will not appear altogether incompatible with the sacred legend and the ancientest draughts of the scene, to hold this so-called dragon no other than the great Leviathan himself.
 
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