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| 1. | [ adjective ] not compatible | |
| Examples: | "incompatible personalities" "incompatible colors" |
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| Related terms: | compatible contradictory antagonistic clashing uncongenial different mismatched inharmonious uncongenial | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] not suitable to your tastes or needs | |
| Synonyms: | uncongenial | |
| Examples: | "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting" "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs" |
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| Related terms: | congenial disagreeable unsympathetic unfriendly | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] not easy to combine harmoniously | |
| Synonyms: | unsuited mismated ill-sorted | |
| Related terms: | mismatched | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] not in keeping with what is correct or proper | |
| Synonyms: | unfitting out_or_keeping inappropriate | |
| Examples: | "completely inappropriate behavior" |
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| Related terms: | incongruous | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] not compatible with other facts | |
| Synonyms: | discrepant | |
| Related terms: | inconsistent | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect | |
| Synonyms: | antagonistic | |
| Related terms: | synergistic | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] (chemistry) used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture | |
| Related terms: | immiscible | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] of words so related that one contrasts with the other | |
| Synonyms: | contrastive | |
| Examples: | "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms" |
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| Related terms: | antonymous | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] not easy to combine harmoniously | |
| Synonyms: | unsuited mismated ill-sorted | |
| Related terms: | mismatched | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] (computers) incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification | |
| Related terms: | compatible computer | |
| Similar spelling: |
incompatibly incomparable incombustible incompressible incomputable incompatibility incommutable incomplete inconvertible incontestible incompletely incomparably incompleteness incompetent incommutability |
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