mutually exclusive
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adjectiveDefinition of MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
: being related such that each excludes or precludes the other <mutually exclusive events>; also : incompatible <their outlooks were not mutually exclusive>
See Examples of MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
- <the two plans are mutually exclusive; implementing one will automatically rule out the other>
First Known Use of MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
1874
Related to MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
- Synonyms
- clashing, conflicting, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsonant, inharmonious, inconsistent, repugnant
- Antonyms
- accordant, agreeing, compatible, concordant, conformable (to), congruent, congruous, consistent, consonant, correspondent (with or to), harmonious, nonconflicting
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