Incompatible

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incompatible \In`com*pat"i*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + compatible:
     cf. F. incompatible.] [It was formerly sometimes written
     {incompetible}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}] [ant:
           {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}] [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}]
       6: not easy to combine harmoniously [syn: {ill-sorted}, {mismated},
           {unsuited}]
       7: not compatible with other facts [syn: {discrepant}]
       8: not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely
          inappropriate behavior" [syn: {inappropriate}, {out or
          keeping(p)}, {unfitting}]
       9: used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of
          blending into a stable homogeneous mixture

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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