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
Most modern cars are supported by up to a million lines of code, and frequent updates can quickly make some features incompatible.
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Tristan Bove, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
The results revealed a genetic predisposition that made Alex immunologically incompatible with Paul’s DNA.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
But her vote is incompatible with that identity.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Jan. 2026
But to be sure, each objective is incompatible with at least one of the others, if not all three.
—Javier Corrales, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
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Tristan Bove, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
The results revealed a genetic predisposition that made Alex immunologically incompatible with Paul’s DNA.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
But her vote is incompatible with that identity.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Jan. 2026
But to be sure, each objective is incompatible with at least one of the others, if not all three.
—Javier Corrales, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incompatible
Adjective
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There are conflicting reports as to how many users this affects.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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In the meantime, protesters were receiving conflicting directives from authorities.—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
17 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Andrademembreno’s attorney, Paul Rogers, argued that Berrios lied and pointed to multiple inconsistent statements to authorities and prosecutors and in her testimony.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
25 Jan. 2026
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Trump proved to be a vexing ideological lodestar—aggressively anti-intellectual in his attitudes and consistently inconsistent in his views.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Incompatible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompatible. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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