1 ~ (with sth) two actions, ideas, etc. that are incompatible are not acceptable or possible together because of basic differences:
The hours of the job are incompatible with family life. * These two objectives are mutually incompatible.
2 two people who are incompatible are very different from each other and so are not able to live or work happily together:
She and her husband soon proved to be totally incompatible.
3 ~ (with sth) two things that are incompatible are of different types so that they cannot be used or mixed together:
New computer software is often incompatible with older computers. * Those two blood groups are incompatible.
OPPCOMPATIBLE
incompatibility noun [U,C] (plural incompatibilities)
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is incompatible a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, incompatible is tagged as adjective.
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