incompatible
IPA: ɪnkʌmpˈætʌbʌɫ
noun
- (medicine, chemistry, chiefly in the 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.
- (philosophy) A consequent of a contrary.
adjective
- Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.
- (chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
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Examples of "incompatible" in Sentences
- There are two incompatible definitions of andantino.
- That makes the edits of the two scripts incompatible.
- The above notice is incompatible with the previous notice.
- The problem is that this is incompatible with the study of history.
- Is the ensemble interpretation incompatible with the observer effect
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