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Incompatible Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Incompatible? [adj] not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors" [adj] (computers) incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification [adj] used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture [adj] not suitable to your tastes or needs; "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs" [adj] not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior" [adj] not compatible with other facts [adj] used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect [adj] not easy to combine harmoniously [adj] of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Incompatible: antagonistic \| antonymous \| clashing \| contradictory \| contrastive \| disagreeable \| discrepant \| ill-sorted \| immiscible \| inappropriate \| incongruous \| inconsistent \| mismated \| mutually exclusive \| out or keeping(p) \| uncongenial \| unfitting \| unmixable \| unsuited \| unsympathetic Related Terms \| Find terms related to Incompatible: abnormal \| absurd \| anomalous \| antagonistic \| antipathetic \| antithetic \| assorted \| at cross-purposes \| at loggerheads \| at odds \| at variance \| at war \| autistic \| bashful \| chill \| chilly \| clashing \| close \| cold \| conflicting \| contradictory \| contrary \| contrasted \| contrasting \| cool \| cranky \| cross \| departing \| deviating \| deviative \| different \| differentiated \| differing \| disaccordant \| disagreeable \| disagreeing \| disconsonant \| discordant \| discrepant \| discrete \| discriminated \| disharmonious \| disjoined \| disparate \| disproportionate \| dissident \| dissimilar \| dissociable \| dissonant \| distinct \| distinguished \| divergent \| diverging \| divers \| diverse \| diversified \| frosty \| grating \| heterogeneous \| hostile \| icy \| immiscible \| in disagreement \| inaccordant \| incoherent \| incommensurable \| incommensurate \| incongruous \| inconsequent \| inconsistent \| inconsonant \| inharmonious \| inhospitable \| inimical \| insociable \| irreconcilable \| jangling \| jarring \| many \| mismatched \| mopey \| mopish \| morose \| motley \| multifarious \| negative \| nongregarious \| opposed \| opposite \| out of accord \| out of proportion \| out of whack \| oxymoronic \| paradoxical \| poles apart \| poles asunder \| repugnant \| self-contained \| self-contradictory \| self-sufficient \| separate \| separated \| several \| snug \| socially incompatible \| strained \| sullen \| tense \| unamiable \| unamicable \| unclubbable \| uncommunicative \| uncompanionable \| unconformable \| uncongenial \| uncordial \| unequal \| unfriendly \| ungenial \| unharmonious \| unlike \| unsociable \| unsocial \| unsuited \| variant \| varied \| variegated \| various \| varying \| widely apart \| worlds apart See Also \| different \| incompatible \| inharmonious \| mismatched \| unfriendly \| unharmonious Incompatible In Webster's Dictionary \In`compat"ible\, a. [Pref. in- not + compatible: cf. F. incompatible.] [It was formerly sometimes written {incompetible}.] 1. Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires, ambition. A strength and obduracy of character incompatible with his meek and innocent nature. --Southey. 2. (Chem.) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines. {Incompatible terms} (Logic), terms which can not be combined in thought. Syn: Inconsistent; incongruous; dissimilar; irreconcilable; unsuitable; disagreeing; inharmonious; discordant; repugnant; contradictory. See {Inconsistent}. \In`compat"ible\, n. (Med. & Chem.) An incompatible substance; esp., in pl., things which can not be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or of opposing medicinal qualities; as, the incompatibles of iron.

Incompatible Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Incompatible?

[adj] not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors"
[adj] (computers) incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
[adj] used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture
[adj] not suitable to your tastes or needs; "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs"
[adj] not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior"
[adj] not compatible with other facts
[adj] used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect
[adj] not easy to combine harmoniously
[adj] of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"

Incompatible In Webster's Dictionary

\In`com*pat"i*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + compatible:
cf. F. incompatible.] [It was formerly sometimes written
{incompetible}.]
1. Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of
   harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in
   thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons
   of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires,
   ambition.

         A strength and obduracy of character incompatible
         with his meek and innocent nature.    --Southey.



2. (Chem.) Incapable of being together without mutual
   reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.

{Incompatible terms} (Logic), terms which can not be combined
   in thought.

Syn: Inconsistent; incongruous; dissimilar; irreconcilable;
     unsuitable; disagreeing; inharmonious; discordant;
     repugnant; contradictory. See {Inconsistent}.


\In`com*pat"i*ble\, n. (Med. & Chem.)
An incompatible substance; esp., in pl., things which can not
be placed or used together because of a change of chemical
composition or of opposing medicinal qualities; as, the
incompatibles of iron.

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