incompatible (adj.)

  1. not compatible; incompatible personalities; incompatible colors'

  2. used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each others effect

    [ Syn: antagonistic ]

  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 ]

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

  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 , unfitting ]

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

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