Incompatible /(?)/
In·com·pat·i·ble
Incompatible
a.
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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.
A strength and obduracy of character incompatible with his meek and innocent nature.
- Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines. (Chem.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Incompatible terms
- terms which can not be combined in thought.
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. (Med. & Chem.)