as in conflicting
not being in agreement or harmony
the committee's incompatible goals—develop new projects and cut costs—meant that they got very little accomplished
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Recent Examples of incompatible
While there are pros to dog parks, several cons exist, including potential injuries, disease exposure, and incompatible play styles and personalities, according to Dogster.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Ideally, Congress would sit down and write a national framework that prevents fifty different states from producing a patchwork of rules that, in all likelihood, will end up as incompatible.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
If not, your data architecture is fundamentally incompatible with AI transformation.
—Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
These circumstances are incompatible with the values represented by AVROTROS as a public broadcaster.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Ideally, Congress would sit down and write a national framework that prevents fifty different states from producing a patchwork of rules that, in all likelihood, will end up as incompatible.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
If not, your data architecture is fundamentally incompatible with AI transformation.
—Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
These circumstances are incompatible with the values represented by AVROTROS as a public broadcaster.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incompatible
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Throughout the six episodes, viewers are intentionally misled about which woman is more sympathetic, as the series flips back and forth between Cherry and Laura’s conflicting perspectives on the first months of a whirlwind romance between Daniel and Cherry.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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Recent research has produced conflicting results about the ways that GLP-1 drugs might affect the progression of early diabetic eye disease.—
Liz Szabo,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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But beyond that familiar advice, dietary guidance has long been vague and inconsistent.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Incompatible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompatible. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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