incompatible
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incompatible - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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.
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Incompatible \In`com*pat"i*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + compatible:
cf. F. incompatible.] [It was formerly sometimes written
incompetible.]
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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.
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A strength and obduracy of character incompatible
with his meek and innocent nature. --Southey.
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2. (Chem.) Incapable of being together without mutual
reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
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Incompatible terms (Logic), terms which can not be combined
in thought.
Syn: Inconsistent; incongruous; dissimilar; irreconcilable;
unsuitable; disagreeing; inharmonious; discordant;
repugnant; contradictory. See Inconsistent.
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incompatible - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
incompatible
adj 1: not compatible; "incompatible personalities";
"incompatible colors" [ant: compatible]
2: used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or
neutralize each other's effect [syn: antagonistic,
incompatible] [ant: interactive, synergistic]
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,
incompatible] [ant: congenial]
4: incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or
components without modification [ant: compatible]
5: of words so related that one contrasts with the other;
"`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms" [syn:
contrastive, incompatible]
6: not easy to combine harmoniously [syn: ill-sorted,
incompatible, mismated, unsuited]
7: not compatible with other facts [syn: discrepant,
incompatible]
8: not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely
inappropriate behavior" [syn: inappropriate,
incompatible, out or keeping(p), unfitting]
9: used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending
into a stable homogeneous mixture
incompatible - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
131 Moby Thesaurus words for "incompatible":
abnormal, absurd, anomalous, antagonistic, antipathetic,
antithetic, assorted, at cross-purposes, at loggerheads, at odds,
at variance, at war, autistic, bashful, chill, chilly, clashing,
close, cold, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasted,
contrasting, cool, cranky, cross, departing, deviating, deviative,
different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeable,
disagreeing, disconsonant, discordant, discrepant, discrete,
discriminated, disharmonious, disjoined, disparate,
disproportionate, dissident, dissimilar, dissociable, dissonant,
distinct, distinguished, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse,
diversified, frosty, grating, heterogeneous, hostile, icy,
immiscible, in disagreement, inaccordant, incoherent,
incommensurable, incommensurate, incongruous, inconsequent,
inconsistent, inconsonant, inharmonious, inhospitable, inimical,
insociable, irreconcilable, jangling, jarring, many, mismatched,
mopey, mopish, morose, motley, multifarious, negative,
nongregarious, opposed, opposite, out of accord, out of proportion,
out of whack, oxymoronic, paradoxical, poles apart, poles asunder,
repugnant, self-contained, self-contradictory, self-sufficient,
separate, separated, several, snug, socially incompatible,
strained, sullen, tense, unamiable, unamicable, unclubbable,
uncommunicative, uncompanionable, unconformable, uncongenial,
uncordial, unequal, unfriendly, ungenial, unharmonious, unlike,
unsociable, unsocial, unsuited, variant, varied, variegated,
various, varying, widely apart, worlds apart
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