Synonyms for incompatible
ˌɪn kəmˈpæt ə bəlin·com·pat·i·ble

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1. incompatiblenoun

   Antonyms:
   compatible

2. incompatibleadjective

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

   the incompatibles of iron

   Antonyms:
   compatible

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1. incompatible

   Two or more things that do not fit well together, or are not adapted to each other, are said to be incongruous; a thing is said to be incongruous that is not adapted to the time, place, or occasion; the term is also applied to a thing made up of ill-assorted parts or inharmonious elements. Discordant is applied to all things that jar in association like musical notes that are not in accord; inharmonious has the same original sense, but is a milder term. Incompatible primarily signifies unable to sympathize or feel alike; inconsistent means unable to stand together. Things are incompatible which can not exist together in harmonious relations, and whose action when associated tends to ultimate extinction of one by the other. Inconsistent applies to things that can not be made to agree in thought with each other, or with some standard of truth or right; slavery and freedom are inconsistent with each other in theory, and incompatible in fact. Incongruous applies to relations, unsuitable to purpose or use; two colors are incongruous which can not be agreeably associated; either may be unsuitable for a person, a room, or an occasion. Incommensurable is a mathematical term, applying to two or more quantities that have no common measure or aliquot part.

   Synonyms:
   absurd, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, discordant, discrepant, ill-matched, inapposite, inappropriate, incommensurable, incongruous, inconsistent, inharmonious, irreconcilable, mismatched, mismated, repugnant, unsuitable

   Antonyms:
   accordant, agreeing, compatible, consistent, harmonious, suitable

   Preposition:
   The illustrations were incongruous with the theme.

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1. incompatibleadjective

   not compatible

   "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors"

   Synonyms:
   out or keeping(p), ill-sorted, unfitting, unsuited, inappropriate, antagonistic, discrepant, mismated, uncongenial, contrastive

   Antonyms:
   compatible, harmonious, miscible, congenial, congruous, synonymous, matched, mixable, consistent, congruent

2. antagonistic, incompatibleadjective

   used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect

   Synonyms:
   out or keeping(p), uncongenial, ill-sorted, unfitting, unsuited, inappropriate, antagonistic, discrepant, mismated, antipathetic, antipathetical, counter, contrastive

   Antonyms:
   miscible, congruous, compatible, harmonious, congruent, matched, congenial, consistent, mixable, synonymous

3. uncongenial, incompatibleadjective

   not suitable to your tastes or needs

   "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs"

   Synonyms:
   out or keeping(p), ill-sorted, unfitting, unsuited, hostile, inappropriate, antagonistic, discrepant, mismated, uncongenial, unfriendly, contrastive

   Antonyms:
   synonymous, compatible, consistent, miscible, congenial, mixable, congruous, harmonious, congruent, matched

4. incompatibleadjective

   incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification

   Synonyms:
   out or keeping(p), ill-sorted, unfitting, unsuited, inappropriate, antagonistic, discrepant, mismated, uncongenial, contrastive

   Antonyms:
   congruous, matched, compatible, mixable, congenial, synonymous, harmonious, consistent, miscible, congruent

5. contrastive, incompatibleadjective

   of words so related that one contrasts with the other

   "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"

   Synonyms:
   out or keeping(p), uncongenial, ill-sorted, unfitting, contrasting, unsuited, antagonistic, discrepant, mismated, inappropriate, contrastive

   Antonyms:
   congruous, mixable, compatible, miscible, synonymous, congenial, harmonious, matched, consistent, congruent

6. ill-sorted, incompatible, mismated, unsuitedadjective

   not easy to combine harmoniously

   Synonyms:
   out or keeping(p), ill-sorted, unfitting, unsuited, inappropriate, antagonistic, discrepant, mismated, uncongenial, contrastive

   Antonyms:
   congruent, matched, congruous, synonymous, miscible, mixable, consistent, compatible, congenial, harmonious

7. discrepant, incompatibleadjective

   not compatible with other facts

   Synonyms:
   out or keeping(p), dissonant, uncongenial, ill-sorted, inconsistent, unfitting, unsuited, at variance(p), antagonistic, discrepant, mismated, inappropriate, contrastive

   Antonyms:
   congruous, compatible, synonymous, miscible, matched, harmonious, congenial, mixable, congruent, consistent

8. inappropriate, incompatible, out or keeping(p), unfittingadjective

   not in keeping with what is correct or proper

   "completely inappropriate behavior"

   Antonyms:
   congenial, congruous, compatible, miscible, consistent, mixable, harmonious, synonymous, matched, congruent

9. incompatibleadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   out or keeping(p), ill-sorted, unfitting, unsuited, inappropriate, antagonistic, discrepant, mismated, uncongenial, contrastive

   Antonyms:
   matched, miscible, mixable, compatible, congenial, consistent, congruous, congruent, synonymous, harmonious

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1. incompatibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   inconsistent, incongruous, unsuitable, unadapted

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1. List of paraphrases for "incompatible":

   inconsistent, irreconcilable, unsupported, incompatibility, compatible, contrary, conflicting, noncompliant, contradictory

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How to use incompatible in a sentence?

1. Stephen Whiting:

   Since taking command as a commander about 10 months ago, I saw what I consider fundamentally incompatible and competing narratives of what America was, is and should be, that wasn't just prolific in social media, or throughout the country during this past year, but it was spreading throughout the United States military. And I had recognized those narratives as being Marxist in nature.

2. Matt Cagle:

   With this vote, San Francisco has declared that face surveillance technology is incompatible with a healthy democracy and that residents deserve a voice in decisions about high-tech surveillance, we applaud the city for listening to the community, and leading the way forward with this crucial legislation.

3. Edre Olalia:

   The drug menace must stop... Yet the apparent serial summary executions of alleged street drug users or petty drug lords which appear sudden, too contrived and predictable must also stop, the two are not incompatible.

4. Andy Kim:

   A lot of my colleagues, especially on the select committee, use rhetoric like, ‘This is a new Cold War,’ first of all, it’s not true: The Soviet Union was a very different competitor than China. And it’s framed in a very zero-sum way … It’s very much being talked about as if their entire way of life is incompatible with ours and cannot coexist with ours, and that heightens the tension.

5. Van Heel:

   It was Friday the 13th. That's when my doctor told me the news, that this baby was incompatible with life. I felt like I lost my baby right then, that diagnosis meant that I would either miscarry at any time or the moments after I gave birth the baby would die.