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Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-kuhm-pat-uh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn kəmˈpæt ə bəl



Definition of incompatible

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Medieval Latin incompatibilis, from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + compatibilis (see compatible). Originally of benefices, "incapable of being held together;" sense of "mutually intolerant" is from 1590s. Related: Incompatibly.
  • adj antagonistic, contradictory
Example sentences :
  • Might not the duties of some callings be incompatible with marriage?
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • And be convinced, my son, that faith and reason are not incompatible.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • They have other incompatible qualities quite as important, no doubt.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
  • The points of view are not merely not identical; they are incompatible.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • It is not incompatible but actually favourable to the pursuits of parliament.
  • Extract from : « Nuts and Nutcrackers » by Charles James Lever
  • They were incompatible with the frivolous comments of people who had not seen it.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • The look in her eyes was incompatible with profanity, mild soever.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • But the freedom is not incompatible with the predestination, nor the predestination with the freedom.
  • Extract from : « Mind and Motion and Monism » by George John Romanes
  • That Christian expression and classicism were incompatible, he never believed.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • He told me some things about them, to show that our leadings were incompatible.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon

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