Incompatible (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Not suitable to your tastes or needs; "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs".
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- The hotel room was incompatible with our family's needs, as it was too small for our children to sleep comfortably.
- The new employee found the company culture incompatible with her values and decided to look for another job.
- The noisy neighborhood was incompatible with my desire for a peaceful living environment, so I started searching for a new apartment.
- The strict rules of the boarding school were incompatible with my daughter's free-spirited nature, and she struggled to adjust.
- The demanding schedule of the job was incompatible with my need for work-life balance, and I eventually had to resign.
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Meaning 2
Not compatible with other facts.
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Meaning 3
Used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect.
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Meaning 4
Of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms".
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Meaning 5
Used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture.
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Meaning 6
Not easy to combine harmoniously.
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Meaning 7
Not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors".
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Meaning 8
Incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification.
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Meaning 9
Not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior".
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