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
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of incompatible
Other candidates were removed for using a wrong address, filing to run for both school board and village board, which are incompatible offices and having an insufficient number of signatures.
—
Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
One day the hospital switched its electronic medical record system to a program that was incompatible with his screen reader.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2025
The audio industry’s future probably doesn’t lie in a competing web of incompatible formats.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
But those goals seem to be incompatible in some ways.
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for incompatible
Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
One day the hospital switched its electronic medical record system to a program that was incompatible with his screen reader.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2025
The audio industry’s future probably doesn’t lie in a competing web of incompatible formats.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
But those goals seem to be incompatible in some ways.
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for incompatible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incompatible
Adjective
-
These are two starkly conflicting therapeutic pieces of advice.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
-
The tallest sediment stack The mystery of Mars’ missing carbon stems from two seemingly conflicting results.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
-
Even so, the practice of choosing a papal name remained inconsistent for the next 1,000 years, with most popes using their baptismal names.—
Christopher Watson,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
-
After an inconsistent first half of the season, manager Unai Emery has found a way of tinkering with Villa’s line-up and still winning.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Incompatible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompatible. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share