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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1. 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.

2. Salvation Army EMS:

   Those claims are false, and they distort the very goal of our work, the truth is that The Salvation Army believes that racism is fundamentally incompatible with Christianity, and we are called to work toward a world where all people are loved, accepted, and valued. Our positional statement on racism makes this clear.

3. Rene Salazar:

   Like it or not, all of us hold unconscious beliefs about various social and identity groups, many times we think about bias and unconscious bias — they are incompatible with our conscious values, right?

4. Rabbi Mirvis:

   The way in which the leadership has dealt with anti-Jewish racism is incompatible with the British values of which we are so proud.

5. Paul Feyerabend:

   Knowledge is not a series of self-consistent theories that converges toward an ideal view; it is rather an ever increasing ocean of mutually incompatible (and perhaps even incommensurable) alternatives, each single theory, each fairy tale, each myth that is part of the collection forcing the others into greater articulation and all of them contributing, via this process of competition, to the development of our consciousness.