Definition of Incompatible

1. Adjective. Not compatible. "Incompatible colors"


2. Adjective. Used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect.
Exact synonyms: Antagonistic
Similar to: Antacid, Antiphlogistic
Derivative terms: Antagonism, Antagonist, Antagonist
Antonyms: Synergistic

3. Adjective. Not suitable to your tastes or needs. "The task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs"
Exact synonyms: Uncongenial
Similar to: Disagreeable, Unsympathetic
Also: Unfriendly, Unsympathetic
Derivative terms: Incompatibility, Uncongeniality
Antonyms: Congenial

4. Adjective. Incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification.

5. Adjective. Of words so related that one contrasts with the other. "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"
Exact synonyms: Contrastive
Similar to: Antonymous
Derivative terms: Contrast

6. Adjective. Not easy to combine harmoniously.
Exact synonyms: Ill-sorted, Mismated, Unsuited
Similar to: Mismatched
Derivative terms: Incompatibility

7. Adjective. Not compatible with other facts.
Exact synonyms: Discrepant
Similar to: Inconsistent
Derivative terms: Discrepancy, Incompatibility

8. Adjective. Not in keeping with what is correct or proper. "Completely inappropriate behavior"
Exact synonyms: Inappropriate, Out Or Keeping, Unfitting
Similar to: Incongruous
Derivative terms: Inappropriateness

9. Adjective. Used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture.

Definition of Incompatible

1. 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.

2. 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.

Definition of Incompatible

1. Adjective. Of two things: impossible to coexist; not congruous because of differences; irreconcilable; disagreeing. ¹

2. Noun. (medicine chemistry mostly plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incompatible

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Incompatible

1. Not suitable for combination or simultaneous administration, mutually repellent. Origin: L. Incompatibilis (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incompatible

incomparability
incomparable
incomparably
incompared
incompatibilism
incompatibilist
incompatibilists
incompatibilities
incompatibility
incompatible (current term)
incompatible blood transfusion reaction
incompatibleness
incompatibles
incompatibly
incompetant cervix
incompetence
incompetences
incompetencies
incompetency
incompetent
incompetent cervical os
incompetent cervix
incompetent person
incompetently

Literary usage of Incompatible

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives by Clarence A. Cannon, United States Congress. House, Thomas Jefferson (1919)
"But when a Member-elect held an incompatible office after the meeting of Congress he was held to have disqualified himself (I, 492). ..."

2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... a visible and even human appearance, to perform those familiar offices which seem incompatible with the nature and attributes of the Universal Cause. ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"Ross thinks the tone of Junius towards the king and Lord Mansfield incompatible with the authorship of “an obscure clerk in the War ..."

4. The poetical works of William Cowper by William Cowper (1853)
"... Die daily; from the touch of fin recede ; Then thou haft crown'd him, and he reigns indeed. 20. SELF-LOVE AND TRUTH incompatible. ..."

5. Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the by Raymond Wilson Chambers (1921)
"ABE THE CHRISTIAN ELEMENTS incompatible WITH THE BEST OF THE POEM? Later students (like the man in Dante, placed between two equally enticing dishes) have ..."

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