as in conflicting
not being in agreement or harmony
the committee's incompatible goals—develop new projects and cut costs—meant that they got very little accomplished
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Recent Examples of incompatible
Why Return-To-Office Mandates Won’t Work Return to office mandates are simply incompatible with the realities that modern families face.
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Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
But those demands are incompatible with the Olympics agreement, which gives these agencies the power to surge security personnel into Los Angeles.
—Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
These projects are dangerous, outdated, and entirely incompatible with New York’s climate and water protection mandates — and they must be rejected again.
—Laura Shindell, New York Daily News, 20 July 2025
Both Th and water behave like incompatible elements in magmatic processes, preferring to stay in the melt rather than getting incorporated in the solidifying phase, potentially suggesting that the lunar mantle in the Th-poor Feldspathic Highlands and the SPA Basin may have lower water content.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 July 2025
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Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
But those demands are incompatible with the Olympics agreement, which gives these agencies the power to surge security personnel into Los Angeles.
—Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
These projects are dangerous, outdated, and entirely incompatible with New York’s climate and water protection mandates — and they must be rejected again.
—Laura Shindell, New York Daily News, 20 July 2025
Both Th and water behave like incompatible elements in magmatic processes, preferring to stay in the melt rather than getting incorporated in the solidifying phase, potentially suggesting that the lunar mantle in the Th-poor Feldspathic Highlands and the SPA Basin may have lower water content.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incompatible
Adjective
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And the Trump administration has given conflicting signals.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
6 Aug. 2025
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Biohackers hear lots of conflicting advice about where to focus their energies.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Workers claim the organization has insufficient training, abrupt terminations, and inconsistent wages and raises.—
Maya Bell,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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At the federal level, Shaughnessy emphasized the urgent need to eliminate inconsistent tariffs.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Incompatible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompatible. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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