Adjective: incompatible ,in-kum'pa-tu-bul- Not compatible
"incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colours" - Incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
"The outdated hardware was incompatible with the latest software" - Not suitable to your tastes or needs
"the incompatible roommates were always fighting"; - uncongenial - Not in keeping with what is correct or proper
"completely incompatible behaviour"; - inappropriate, out of keeping, unfitting - Not compatible with other facts
"The incompatible statements from different witnesses confused the jury"; - discrepant - Used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect
"The incompatible muscle groups worked against each other, reducing overall strength"; - antagonistic - Used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture
"The two chemicals were incompatible and formed separate layers" - (of a couple) not compatible; unsuitably matched
"The incompatible pair struggled to find common interests"; - ill-sorted, mismated, unsuited, ill-assorted, ill-suited - Of words so related that one contrasts with the other
"'rich' and 'hard-up' are incompatible terms"; - contrastive
See also: antacid, antagonistic, antiphlogistic, antonymous, clashing, contradictory, different, disagreeable, immiscible, incongruous, inconsistent, inharmonious, mismatched, mutually exclusive, non-miscible, out of line, out of order [Brit], out-of-line, uncongenial, unfriendly, unharmonious, unmixable, unsympathetic Antonym: compatible, congenial Encyclopedia: Incompatible |