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English adjective: incompatible

1. incompatible not compatible


SamplesIncompatible personalities.
Incompatible colors.


Similarantagonistic, clashing, contradictory, mutually exclusive, uncongenial


See alsodifferent, incompatible, inharmonious, mismatched, uncongenial, unharmonious


Antonymscompatible

2. incompatible used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect


Synonymsantagonistic


Similarantacid, antiphlogistic


Antonymsinteractive, synergistic

3. incompatible not suitable to your tastes or needs


SamplesThe uncongenial roommates were always fighting.
The task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs.


Synonymsuncongenial


Similardisagreeable, unsympathetic


See alsoincompatible, unfriendly, unsympathetic


Antonymscongenial

4. incompatible incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification


Domain categorycomputer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system


Antonymscompatible

5. incompatible of words so related that one contrasts with the other


Samples`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms.


Synonymscontrastive


Similarantonymous


Antonymssynonymous

6. incompatible not easy to combine harmoniously


Synonymsill-sorted, mismated, unsuited


Similarmismatched


Antonymsmatched

7. incompatible not compatible with other facts


Synonymsdiscrepant


Similarinconsistent


Antonymsconsistent

8. incompatible not in keeping with what is correct or proper


SamplesCompletely inappropriate behavior.


Synonymsinappropriate, out or keeping, unfitting


Similarincongruous


Antonymscongruent, congruous

9. incompatible used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture


Similarimmiscible, non-miscible, unmixable


Antonymsmiscible, mixable









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