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incompatible
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective incompatible has 9 senses
- incompatible(a = adj.all) Array - not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors" Antonym: compatible
- incompatible(a = adj.all) antagonistic - used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect; Array
- incompatible(a = adj.all) uncongenial - not suitable to your tastes or needs; "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs" Derived form noun incompatibility3
- incompatible(a = adj.all) Array - incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification; Array Antonym: compatible
- incompatible(s = adj.all) contrastive - of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"
- incompatible(s = adj.all) ill-sorted, mismated, unsuited - not easy to combine harmoniously; Array Derived form noun incompatibility3
- incompatible(s = adj.all) discrepant - not compatible with other facts; Array Derived form noun incompatibility1
- incompatible(s = adj.all) inappropriate, out or keeping, unfitting - not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior"
- incompatible(s = adj.all) Array - used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture; Array
Derived form noun incompatibility3
CIDE DICTIONARY
incompatible, a. [Pref. in- not + compatible: cf. F. incompatible.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]"A strength and obduracy of character incompatible with his meek and innocent nature." [1913 Webster]
- Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Inconsistent; incongruous; dissimilar; irreconcilable; unsuitable; disagreeing; inharmonious; discordant; repugnant; contradictory. See Inconsistent.
incompatible, 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
incompatible, adj.
1 opposed in character; discordant.
2 (often foll. by with) inconsistent.
3 (of persons) unable to live, work, etc., together in harmony.
4 (of drugs) not suitable for taking at the same time.
5 (of equipment, machinery, etc.) not capable of being used in combination.
1 opposed in character; discordant.
2 (often foll. by with) inconsistent.
3 (of persons) unable to live, work, etc., together in harmony.
4 (of drugs) not suitable for taking at the same time.
5 (of equipment, machinery, etc.) not capable of being used in combination.
Derivative
incompatibility n. incompatibleness n. incompatibly adv.
Etymology
med.L incompatibilis (as IN-(1), COMPATIBLE)
THESAURUS
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 apartROGET THESAURUS
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Disagreement
N disagreement, discord, discordance, dissonance, dissidence, discrepancy, unconformity, incongruity, incongruence, discongruity, mesalliance, jarring, dissension, conflict, bickering, clashing, misunderstanding, wrangle, disparity, mismatch, disproportion, dissimilitude, inequality, disproportionateness, variance, divergence, repugnance, unfitness, inaptitude, impropriety, inapplicability, inconsistency, inconcinnity, irrelevancy, misjoining, misjoinder, syncretism, intrusion, interference, concordia discors, fish out of water, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, at variance, at war, hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with, unconformable, exceptional, intrusive, incongruous, disproportionate, disproportionated, inharmonious, unharmonious, inconsonant, unconsonant, divergent, repugnant to, inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper, unsuited, unsuitable, inapplicable, not to the point, unfit, unfitting, unbefitting, unbecoming, illtimed, unseasonable, mal a propos, inadmissible, inapposite, uncongenial, ill-assorted, ill-sorted, mismatched, misjoined, misplaced, misclassified, unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable, uncommensurable, unsympathetic, out of character, out of keeping, out of proportion, out of joint, out of tune, out of place, out of season, out of its element, at odds with, at variance with, in defiance, in contempt, in spite of, discordantly, a tort et a travers, asinus ad lyram.Impossibility
N impossibility, what cannot, what can never be, sour grapes, hopelessness, impossible, not possible, absurd, contrary to reason, unlikely, unreasonable, incredible, beyond the bounds of reason, beyond the bounds of possibility, beyond the realm of possibility, from which reason recoils, visionary, inconceivable, prodigious, unimaginable, inimaginable, unthinkable, impracticable unachievable, unfeasible, infeasible, insuperable, unsurmountable, insurmountable, unattainable, unobtainable, out of reach, out of the question, not to be had, not to be thought of, beyond control, desperate, incompatible, inaccessible, uncomeatable, impassable, impervious, innavigable, inextricable, self- contradictory, out of one's power, beyond one's power, beyond one's depth, beyond one's reach, beyond one's grasp, too much for, ultra crepidam, the grapes are sour, non possumus, non nostrum tantas componere lites, look for a needle in a haystack, chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin, il a le mer +a boire.
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