incompatible
AdjectiveSynonyms:
antagonisticuncongenialcontrastiveill-sortedmismatedunsuiteddiscrepantinappropriateout or keepingunfitting
WordNet 3.0
Adjective (9)
- not compatible“incompatible personalities”“incompatible colors”
- used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effectSynonyms: antagonistic
- not suitable to your tastes or needs“the uncongenial roommates were always fighting”“the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs”Synonyms: uncongenial
- incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
- of words so related that one contrasts with the other“`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms”Synonyms: contrastive
- not easy to combine harmoniouslySynonyms: ill-sortedmismatedunsuited
- not compatible with other factsSynonyms: discrepant
- not in keeping with what is correct or proper“completely inappropriate behavior”Synonyms: inappropriateout or keepingunfitting
- used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Incompatible \In`com*pat"i*ble\, n. (Med. & Chem.) An incompatible substance; esp., in pl., things which can not be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or of opposing medicinal qualities; as, the incompatibles of iron. [1913 Webster]
Incompatible \In`com*pat"i*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + compatible: cf. F. incompatible.] [It was formerly sometimes written incompetible.] [1913 Webster]
1.Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires, ambition. [1913 Webster]
A strength and obduracy of character incompatible with his meek and innocent nature.— Southey.[1913 Webster]
2.(Chem.) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines. [1913 Webster]
Incompatible terms (Logic), terms which can not be combined in thought.
Syn: Inconsistent; incongruous; dissimilar; irreconcilable; unsuitable; disagreeing; inharmonious; discordant; repugnant; contradictory. See Inconsistent. [1913 Webster]