incompatibility
noun/ˌɪnkəmˌpætəˈbɪləti/
/ˌɪnkəmˌpætəˈbɪləti/
[uncountable, countable] (plural incompatibilities)
- the fact of people or things not being able to live or exist together without problems
- incompatibility with somebody/something Planning permission for the new building was refused because of its perceived incompatibility with existing buildings.
- incompatibility between A and B the incompatibility between local and global concerns
- Cultural incompatibilities still abound between the two nations.
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- the fact of two things of different types being unable to be used or mixed together
- incompatibility with something the operating system's poor performance and incompatibility with other hardware
- incompatibility between A and B genetic incompatibilities between species
opposite compatibility (2)
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