incompatibility

noun

Definition of incompatibilitynext
as in inconsistency

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Recent Examples of incompatibility Top traveler incompatibilities Traveling with someone is like going through a compatibility test. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 9 June 2026 And, of course, the incompatibility will apply to retirement savers outside of the state programs as well. — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 29 May 2026 Most directors would look for conflict in the inevitable incompatibilities between grieving parents with human feelings and a humanoid with no emotions and no needs beyond his overnight charging station. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026 Carl’s and Jed’s lives have been ones of amiable incompatibility, which endured in its untested state. — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for incompatibility
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incompatibility
  1. inconsistency
  2. incongruence
  3. incongruity
  4. inconsistence
  5. antagonism
Noun
  • While narrowly missing a sweep with Thursday afternoon’s 3-2 loss to the Orioles, this current group has already shown impressive resiliency amid pitching injuries and lineup inconsistencies.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 9 July 2026
  • The loss at Angel City, Orlando’s first match after the June break, highlighted the Pride’s ongoing inconsistency.
    — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026
Definition of inconsistency
Noun
  • The more senior the team, the more costly this incongruence becomes, because symbolic behavior travels quickly through the organization.
    — Britton Bloch, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Such incongruence between actions and intentions can also bring about feelings of guilt.
    — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of incongruence
Noun
  • Irony involves incongruity, while tragicomedy is about possible congruity—not mutual erasure but the capacity for the tragic and comic to coexist.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
  • Nobody is more alive to the comic incongruity than the man himself.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
Definition of incongruity
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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
  • Very inconsistent with practices, which led to inconsistence with games.
    — Percy Allen, The Seattle Times, 31 July 2018
Definition of inconsistence
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  • This production, by the National Asian American Theatre Company, navigates the antagonisms and the alliances with precision and economy; it is led by Jon Norman Schneider’s quietly stirring Henry and Teresa Avia Lim’s wily Queen Margaret.
    — Marina Harss, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
  • Reynolds uses the modern expression culture war to describe the mutual antagonism; that feels right.
    — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Definition of antagonism

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