incompatible

Examples

• All

• Nothing in common, so to speak, no spark, and eventually the nastiness you get when you have a collection of incompatibles.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Their spirit wars with their flesh; they wish for incompatibles, wayward impulses interrupt their most deliberate plans, and their lives are one long drama of repentance and effort to repair misdemeanors and mistakes.

  Fiction book (1990)

• For each request find the number of incompatible requests.

• When the new software was installed, it caused several incompatibles with the existing systems, making it difficult for users to work efficiently.

• The meeting highlighted the incompatibles between the two departments, which hindered progress on the overall project.

Synonyms

C

contradiction

vsincompatible

138 4.3

A situation where two ideas or statements cannot both be true

applies beyond ideas to people or things that cannot work jointly

C

collision

vsincompatible

23 3.7

A strong clash between ideas or goals

implies active conflict rather than simple inability to work together

M

mismatch

vsincompatible

22 3.6

A combination of people or things that do not go well together

covers the same idea but stresses inability to exist or work together due to conflict

I

incompatibility

vsincompatible

7 6.6

A situation where two things cannot work or live together without problems

is the adjective form used to describe this same state

I

incongruity

vsincompatible

6 8.0

A situation where something does not fit or seem right

speaks to not fitting in visually or logically rather than active inability to work together

O

oil and water

vsincompatible

• Informal

6 4.6

People or things that are completely different and do not get along

is the general label for items that cannot exist or cooperate together

D

discordance

vsincompatible

2 8.1

A situation where people or groups disagree and feel tension

refers to inability to exist together, not only the resulting strife

C

chalk and cheese

vsincompatible

• UK

1 6.3

Two people or things that are completely different from each other

is the neutral descriptive term for inability to exist or work together

I

incongruence

vsincompatible

1 8.1

A lack of agreement between things or ideas

focuses on mismatch in form or fit rather than complete inability to work together

I

irreconcilability

vsincompatible

1 9.0

A situation where two people or groups cannot agree even after trying

applies more broadly to people or things failing to operate together

C

confliction

vsincompatible

• Specialized

1 8.2

A problem when rules or data do not agree

focuses on practical clashes in systems rather than general inability to coexist

M

mismatching

vsincompatible

1 4.0

A situation when two things do not agree, for example study results

is the static state rather than the process of not fitting together

I

inharmony

vsincompatible

1 8.2

Lack of agreement between people in a team or group

is stronger, meaning they cannot exist or function together because of conflict

C

contradictoriness

vsincompatible

1 9.1

A state where ideas or statements say opposite things and cannot both be true

is the simple label for individual things that fail to work together

N

nonreconciliation

vsincompatible

9.3

A situation when people, groups, or data do not agree

refers to general cases where persons or things cannot coexist or cooperate

Antonyms

C

compatible

120 4.1

Able to exist or work together without conflict

How Compatible

harmonious

20 4.2

complementary

29 4.1

compatible

120 4.1

irreconcilable

11 7.7

incompatible

1 5.1

conflicting

87 4.2

mismatched

16 3.4

Surface Forms

Etymology