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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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Bachman, the Angels’ first-round draft pick in 2021, has been through years of injuries and inconsistency to get here.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
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But inconsistency and a shoulder injury in 2023 forced the Commanders to decline his fifth-year option.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Apr. 2026
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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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There is an incongruity that may be best understood as an irony.—
Aaron Matz,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Petzold marvelled at the incongruities.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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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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As ideological blocs collapsed, political scientist Samuel Huntington’s influential 1996 book Clash of Civilizations articulated a growing anxiety that globalization would harden into cultural antagonism rather than consensus.—
Daniel Birnbaum,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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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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“Incompatibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompatibility. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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