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Recent Examples of incompatibility
The Reddit community largely agreed that the relationship faced serious incompatibilities.
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Dec. 2025
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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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Dec. 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for incompatibility
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incompatibility
Noun
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Young teams are susceptible to mood swings and inconsistencies.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Multiple inconsistencies were eventually found based on his timesheets and logs from the library, court records show.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2026
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Widening the fields, at the expense of seats The other main structural incongruence of NFL stadiums as World Cup venues was their narrowness.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Teachers and school staff have a federal constitutional right to accurately inform the parent or guardian of their student when the student expresses gender incongruence.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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The show’s postcard-ready shots of the northern countryside, with its verdant hills and winding roads, are another incongruity, belying the challenges of survival there for those on the fringes.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2026
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Not a single critic of the book was struck by the incongruity of this failure in basic thriller plotting.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 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
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Despite antagonisms with Beijing over comments by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi about Taiwan, Japan's exports to China jumped 32% year-on-year in January.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Luckey and Newsom do share antagonism toward labor unions’ proposal to levy a one-time 5% tax on billionaires.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Incompatibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompatibility. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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