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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•com•pat•i•ble /ˌɪnkəmˈpætəbəl/USA pronunciation adj. - unable to exist together in harmony:incompatible roommates.
- clashing; discordant:incompatible colors.
- unable to be used with another:That computer is incompatible with mine.
n. [countable] - Usually, incompatibles. [plural] an incompatible person or thing.
in•com•pat•i•bil•i•ty /ˌɪnkəmˌpætəˈbɪlɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]Computer manufacturers should solve the problem of incompatibility between systems. in•com•pat•i•bly, adv. See -pat-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•com•pat•i•ble (in′kəm pat′ə bəl),USA pronunciation adj. - not compatible;
unable to exist together in harmony:She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible. - contrary or opposed in character;
discordant:incompatible colors. - that cannot coexist or be conjoined.
- Philosophy[Logic.]
- (of two or more propositions) unable to be true simultaneously.
- (of two or more attributes of an object) unable to belong to the object simultaneously;
inconsistent.
- (of positions, functions, ranks, etc.) unable to be held simultaneously by one person.
- Medicineof or pertaining to biological substances that interfere with one another physiologically, as different types of blood in a transfusion.
- Drugs[Pharm.]of or pertaining to drugs that interfere with one another chemically or physiologically and therefore cannot be mixed or prescribed together.
n. - Usually, incompatibles. incompatible persons or things.
- an incompatible drug or the like.
- Philosophy incompatibles, [Logic.]
- two or more propositions that cannot be true simultaneously.
- two or more attributes that cannot simultaneously belong to the same object.
- Medieval Latin incompatibilis. See in-3, compatible
- 1555–65
in′com•pat′i•bil′i•ty, in′com•pat′i•ble•ness, n. in′com•pat′i•bly, adv. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unsuitable, unsuited. See inconsistent.
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inharmonious.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged contradictory.
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