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
Behaviour incompatible with the team ethic undermined Enciso’s Brighton career.
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Andy Naylor, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Like the Roman god Janus, typically depicted with two faces looking in opposite directions, Virgil’s portrait of Roman history and his own Augustan age offers a double vision in its distinct, incompatible, yet entangled stories.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
With several seemingly incompatible observations, cosmology faces many puzzles.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
The experts at Vet Around, Sydney Mobile Vet Service, say that some pet species are naturally incompatible due to predator-prey instincts, health risks, or territorial behavior.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
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Andy Naylor, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Like the Roman god Janus, typically depicted with two faces looking in opposite directions, Virgil’s portrait of Roman history and his own Augustan age offers a double vision in its distinct, incompatible, yet entangled stories.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
With several seemingly incompatible observations, cosmology faces many puzzles.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
The experts at Vet Around, Sydney Mobile Vet Service, say that some pet species are naturally incompatible due to predator-prey instincts, health risks, or territorial behavior.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incompatible
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In 2015, the FDA issued a tepid notice about the risks of using acetaminophen during pregnancy, mentioning conflicting results about a possible link to ADHD but nothing about autism.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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Analysts say the producer price index and the consumer price index appeared to show conflicting signals in July about inflation.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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For an island whose economy has long wrestled with the effects and aftershocks of natural disasters, fiscal crises, and inconsistent tourism, this is a very significant boost.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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All of these changes lead to reduced and inconsistent blood flow within your blood vessels and may increase the likelihood of blood clots.—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Incompatible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompatible. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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