incompatible
adjective/ˌɪnkəmˈpætəbl/
/ˌɪnkəmˈpætəbl/
- incompatible (with something) two actions, ideas, etc. that are incompatible are not acceptable or possible together because of basic differences
- The hours of the job are incompatible with family life.
- These two objectives are mutually incompatible.
Extra Examples- Scepticism and trust are not necessarily incompatible.
- This behaviour is completely incompatible with his role as a teacher.
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- two people who are incompatible are very different from each other and so are not able to live or work happily together
- She and her husband soon proved to be totally incompatible.
- incompatible (with something) two things that are incompatible are of different types so that they cannot be used or mixed together
- New computer software is often incompatible with older computers.
- Those two blood groups are incompatible.
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin incompatibilis, from in- ‘not’ + compatibilis, from compati ‘suffer with’.
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