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🏗️ Not holding up 🚫 Not compatible
nonsupporting

nonsupporting

6.0
Not able to work with a new feature or standard
  • adjective
  • Specialized
translation icon : no compatible
  • Many older, nonsupporting browser versions cannot display modern web features correctly.

Examples

  • This device is nonsupporting for the latest updates.

  • Many users found the app nonsupporting for their needs.

  • Many older, nonsupporting browser versions cause layout errors for users.

  • The device is nonsupporting of the latest wireless charging standard.

  • If your software is nonsupporting, you may need to update it to use this feature.

  • If your device is nonsupporting, you may not be able to use certain apps or functionalities.

  • This software is nonsupporting of the recent security protocols, making it vulnerable.

Antonyms

compatible
112 4.1

Able to exist or work together without conflict

How Compatible

compatible
112 4.1
nonsupporting
  • Specialized
6.0

Surface Forms

nonsupporting positive

Morphology

nonsupporting = supporting (transparent) = non + support + ing

Meaning is directly the negative of 'supporting' (lacking the capability or compatibility to support a feature), which is a productive and transparent negation for learners.

Etymology

The word nonsupporting is made from the prefix non- meaning 'not' and supporting from support, which means 'to hold' or 'to help'. So a nonsupporting browser or device 'does not give help' for a feature and therefore cannot run or use that feature.