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Recent Examples of incompatibility
Commissioners cited concerns about the building’s height, lack of community engagement and incompatibility with the neighborhood’s character.
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Everton Bailey Jr, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
Kellerman explained that the core issue between him and Smith stemmed from fundamental incompatibility.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Red flags warn of potential harm or incompatibility.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
This often leads to incompatibility between vendors’ equipment, raising integration costs and risking IT and facility lifecycle mismatch.
—Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
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Everton Bailey Jr, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
Kellerman explained that the core issue between him and Smith stemmed from fundamental incompatibility.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Red flags warn of potential harm or incompatibility.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
This often leads to incompatibility between vendors’ equipment, raising integration costs and risking IT and facility lifecycle mismatch.
—Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incompatibility
Noun
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Campbell’s script has both stylized and naturalistic dialogue, giving us a group of teens who feel painfully real in their inconsistency.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Mar. 2026
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That inconsistency is particularly striking in Florida, a state that has pushed to expand medical freedom for those who wish to avoid vaccines or fluoridated water, while constricting the rights of people in various stages of pregnancy.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Some transgender people in the state will experience a similar incongruence between their physical appearance and the gender marker on their state ID.—
David Williams,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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And incongruence increases stress and emotional exhaustion.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Petzold marvelled at the incongruities.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Ridge’s equal deftness at the high end and the low is one of many apparent incongruities that the winery has managed to balance comfortably.—
Senior Wine Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
24 Feb. 2026
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
Noun
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Yosef’s relationship with his sister, Azraa, hums with the familiar chords of siblinghood — antagonism and refuge intertwined.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2026
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All the while, Oh and Comer’s slow dance of antagonism crossed with infatuation is some of the most thrilling acting in recent television memory.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Incompatibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompatibility. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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