incompatible adj

1 not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors" [ant: compatible]

2 used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect [syn: antagonistic] [ant: synergistic]

3 not suitable to your tastes or needs; "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs" [syn: uncongenial] [ant: congenial]

4 incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification [ant: compatible]

5 of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms" [syn: contrastive]

6 not easy to combine harmoniously [syn: ill-sorted, mismated, unsuited]

7 not compatible with other facts [syn: discrepant]

8 not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior" [syn: inappropriate, out or keeping(p), unfitting]

9 used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture

English

Etymology

From French incompatible.

Adjective

1. Of two things: impossible to coexist; not congruous because of differences; irreconcilable; disagreeing.

Derived terms

• incompatibly
• incompatibility

Translations

• Czech: neslučitelný
• Finnish: yhteensovittamaton, yhteensopimaton
• French: incompatible
• German: inkompatibel
• Portuguese: incompatível

French

Adjective

1. Incompatible.

The term compatibility may refer to:

• In biology:
  • Blood type compatibility
• In computing:
  • Pin-compatibility
  • Computer compatibility
    • Backward compatibility
    • Forward compatibility
• It may also refer to:
  • Astrological compatibility
  • Compatibility (geochemistry)
  • Compatibility (chemical)
  • Electromagnetic compatibility

See also

• IBM PC compatible

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