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Recent Examples of incompatibility
In other words, Belly and Jere showcased incompatibilities both big and small this week — and the compromise is definitely not a wedding cake with one layer of raspberry and dark chocolate and one of peaches and milk chocolate.
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Similar enzyme defects are known to cause neurological and developmental issues, in addition to blood incompatibility.
—New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2025
But here’s another problem: The intensity of idealization could also cause a person to overlook key incompatibility issues and toxic patterns.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 5 July 2025
Couples who last understand that conflict doesn’t mean incompatibility.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Similar enzyme defects are known to cause neurological and developmental issues, in addition to blood incompatibility.
—New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2025
But here’s another problem: The intensity of idealization could also cause a person to overlook key incompatibility issues and toxic patterns.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 5 July 2025
Couples who last understand that conflict doesn’t mean incompatibility.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incompatibility
Noun
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For a brand that thrives on success at its home circuit, the performance was another reminder of their ongoing challenges and the inconsistencies in their competitiveness.—
Kanzah Maktoum,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Kicking performance leaves more questions The Boise State coaching staff has talked about inconsistencies in the kicking game throughout fall camp, and that was on full display on Friday.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Puberty blockers, which cause no permanent changes, are used to pause irreversible physical changes while families consider what care is appropriate for a child with gender incongruence.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
24 July 2025
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The Tennessee law, like ones in some 20 other states, prohibits medical providers from prescribing puberty-delaying medication, offering hormone therapy or performing surgery to treat the psychological distress caused by incongruence between experienced gender and that assigned at birth.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Likewise, the airy comedy (boosted by Thomas Newman’s sprightly if familiar-sounding score) insists on the seeming incongruity between the film’s lovely setting and its darker subject matter.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
22 Aug. 2025
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In contemplating the religious system of the Aztecs, one is struck with its apparent incongruity, as if some portion of it had emanated from a comparatively refined people, open to gentle influences, while the rest breathes a spirit of unmitigated ferocity.—
Sebastian Purcell
August 18,
Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And the main driver of the inconsistences seems to be due to contractual obligations and profits.—
Jake Frederico,
The Arizona Republic,
21 Apr. 2023
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Very inconsistent with practices, which led to inconsistence with games.—
Percy Allen,
The Seattle Times,
31 July 2018
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Adding to antagonism between the two songwriting partners, both of whom have had pretty stellar solo careers the past four decades, has been Marr’s 2018 trademarking of The Smiths name.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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Here in his little 80-page grin-inducing edition published by Titan Books featuring those intimidating Klingons during their downtime, Spiotto lets his imagination run rampant in envisioning just what existence is like after the antagonism and combat plans are put away.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Incompatibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompatibility. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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