Incompatible

[In`com*pat·i*ble]

Use the adjective incompatible to describe things or people that are too different to get along. When paired with someone you can't work with, don't criticize or get mad. Just say, "We are incompatible."

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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.

Adjective
not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors"

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

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

Adjective
not suitable to your tastes or needs; "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs"

Adjective S.
not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior"

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Adjective S.
not compatible with other facts

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

Adjective S.
not easy to combine harmoniously

Adjective S.
of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich'' and `hard-up'' are contrastive terms"


a.
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.
Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.

n.
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

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.
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.

Incompatible

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.

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.

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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Usage Examples

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are incompatible that is, that one is male and the other female.

We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

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Other Usage Examples

In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of the past is alive. But these memories are not incompatible with the desire for peace in the future.

Party domination and State leadership are concepts incompatible with one another.

Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance - these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them, seldom predictable, at times incompatible.

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