/ ˌɪnkəmˈpætəbl; NAmE / adjective
1.
incompatible (with sth) two actions, ideas, etc. that are incompatible are not acceptable or possible together because of basic differences :
The hours of the job are incompatible with family life.
These two objectives are mutually incompatible .
2.
two people who are incompatible are very different from each other and so are not able to live or work happily together
3.
incompatible (with sth) two things that are incompatible are of different types so that they cannot be used or mixed together :
New computer software is often incompatible with older computers.
Those two blood groups are incompatible.
OPP compatible
► in·com·pati·bil·ity / ˌɪnkəmˌpætəˈbɪləti; NAmE / noun [ U , C ] ( pl. -ies )
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from medieval Latin incompatibilis , from in- not + compatibilis (from compati suffer with).