INCOMPATIBLE


Meaning of INCOMPATIBLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnkəmpætɪb(ə)l ]

1.

If one thing or person is incompatible with another, they are very different in important ways, and do not suit each other or agree with each other.

They feel strongly that their religion is incompatible with the political system...

≠ compatible

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , oft ADJ with n

• in‧com‧pat‧ibil‧ity

Incompatibility between the mother’s and the baby’s blood groups may cause jaundice.

N-UNCOUNT : usu N between/of/with n

2.

If one type of computer or computer system is incompatible with another, they cannot use the same programs or be linked up together.

This made its mini-computers incompatible with its mainframes...

≠ compatible

ADJ : oft ADJ with n

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