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incompatible adjective [ ɪnkəmˈpatɪb(ə)l ]

• (of two things) so different in nature as to be incapable of coexisting.
• "she declined the offer because it was incompatible with her values"
Similar: irreconcilable, conflicting, opposed, opposite, contradictory, antagonistic, antipathetic, clashing, inharmonious, discordant, mutually exclusive,
Opposite: compatible, complementary,
Origin: late Middle English: from medieval Latin incompatibilis, from in- ‘not’ + compatibilis (see compatible).


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