incompatibility

Variant of incompatible

incompatible definition

in·com·pat·ible (in′kəm patə bəl)

adjective

  1. not compatible; specif.,
    1. not able to exist in harmony or agreement
    2. not going, or getting along, well together; incongruous, conflicting, discordant, etc.: often followed by with
  2. that cannot be held at one time by the same person: said of positions, ranks, etc.
  3. Logic
    1. that cannot both be true at the same time: said of propositions
    2. not predicable of the same subject without contradiction: said of terms
  4. Math. logically contradictory: said of equations or other statements
  5. Med., Pharmacy not suitable for being mixed or used together: said of substances having an undesirable action on each other or, when mixed, on the body

Etymology: ML incompatibilis

noun

an incompatible person or thing: usually used in pl.

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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