incompatible

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: in=com=pat=i=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

incompatible, a. [Pref. in- not + compatible: cf. F. incompatible.].

•  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."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.

incompatible, n. 

 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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

incompatible, adj.
1 opposed in character; discordant.
2 (often foll. by with) inconsistent.
3 (of persons) unable to live, work, etc., together in harmony.
4 (of drugs) not suitable for taking at the same time.
5 (of equipment, machinery, etc.) not capable of being used in combination.

Derivative

incompatibility n. incompatibleness n. incompatibly adv.

Etymology

med.L incompatibilis (as IN-(1), COMPATIBLE)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

incompatible

Disagreement

N disagreement, discord, discordance, dissonance, dissidence, discrepancy, unconformity, incongruity, incongruence, discongruity, mesalliance, jarring, dissension, conflict, bickering, clashing, misunderstanding, wrangle, disparity, mismatch, disproportion, dissimilitude, inequality, disproportionateness, variance, divergence, repugnance, unfitness, inaptitude, impropriety, inapplicability, inconsistency, inconcinnity, irrelevancy, misjoining, misjoinder, syncretism, intrusion, interference, concordia discors, fish out of water, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, at variance, at war, hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with, unconformable, exceptional, intrusive, incongruous, disproportionate, disproportionated, inharmonious, unharmonious, inconsonant, unconsonant, divergent, repugnant to, inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper, unsuited, unsuitable, inapplicable, not to the point, unfit, unfitting, unbefitting, unbecoming, illtimed, unseasonable, mal a propos, inadmissible, inapposite, uncongenial, ill-assorted, ill-sorted, mismatched, misjoined, misplaced, misclassified, unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable, uncommensurable, unsympathetic, out of character, out of keeping, out of proportion, out of joint, out of tune, out of place, out of season, out of its element, at odds with, at variance with, in defiance, in contempt, in spite of, discordantly, a tort et a travers, asinus ad lyram.

Impossibility

N impossibility, what cannot, what can never be, sour grapes, hopelessness, impossible, not possible, absurd, contrary to reason, unlikely, unreasonable, incredible, beyond the bounds of reason, beyond the bounds of possibility, beyond the realm of possibility, from which reason recoils, visionary, inconceivable, prodigious, unimaginable, inimaginable, unthinkable, impracticable unachievable, unfeasible, infeasible, insuperable, unsurmountable, insurmountable, unattainable, unobtainable, out of reach, out of the question, not to be had, not to be thought of, beyond control, desperate, incompatible, inaccessible, uncomeatable, impassable, impervious, innavigable, inextricable, self- contradictory, out of one's power, beyond one's power, beyond one's depth, beyond one's reach, beyond one's grasp, too much for, ultra crepidam, the grapes are sour, non possumus, non nostrum tantas componere lites, look for a needle in a haystack, chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin, il a le mer +a boire.