incompatible
adjective
1. not compatible
- incompatible personalities
- incompatible colors
Similar word(s): antagonistic, clashing, contradictory, uncongenial, incompatible, uncongenial, inharmonious, unharmonious, mismatched, different
2. used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect
Similar word(s): antacid, antiphlogistic, antagonistic
3. not suitable to your tastes or needs
Similar word(s): incompatible, disagreeable, unsympathetic, unfriendly, unsympathetic, uncongenial
4. incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
5. of words so related that one contrasts with the other
Similar word(s): antonymous, contrastive
6. not easy to combine harmoniously
Similar word(s): mismatched, mismated, unsuited
7. not compatible with other facts
Similar word(s): inconsistent, discrepant
8. not in keeping with what is correct or proper
Similar word(s): incongruous, inappropriate, unfitting
9. used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture
Similar word(s): immiscible, unmixable
noun
1. (medicine, chemistry, chiefly in the plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.
- the incompatibles of iron
2. (philosophy) A consequent of a contrary.