INCOMPATIBLE

incompatible

(adjective) not compatible; “incompatible personalities”; “incompatible colors”

incompatible

(adjective) incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification

incompatible

(adjective) used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture

uncongenial, incompatible

(adjective) not suitable to your tastes or needs; “the uncongenial roommates were always fighting”; “the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs”

inappropriate, incompatible, out or keeping, unfitting

(adjective) not in keeping with what is correct or proper; “completely inappropriate behavior”

discrepant, incompatible

(adjective) not compatible with other facts

antagonistic, incompatible

(adjective) used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other’s effect

incompatible, ill-sorted, mismated, unsuited

(adjective) not easy to combine harmoniously

contrastive, incompatible

(adjective) of words so related that one contrasts with the other; “‘rich’ and ‘hard-up’ are contrastive terms”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

incompatible (comparative more incompatible, superlative most incompatible)

Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences

Synonym: irreconcilable

(chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.

Antonyms

• compatible

Hyponyms

• backward-incompatible

Noun

incompatible (plural incompatibles)

(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.

Source: Wiktionary

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In`com*pat"i*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + compatible: cf. F. incompatible.] [It was formerly sometimes written incompetible.]

1. 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. Southey.

2. (Chem.)

Definition: Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines. Incompatible terms (Logic), terms which can not be combined in thought.

Syn.

– Inconsistent; incongruous; dissimilar; irreconcilable; unsuitable; disagreeing; inharmonious; discordant; repugnant; contradictory. See Inconsistent.

In`com*pat"i*ble, n. (Med. & Chem.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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