Incompatible : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Incompatible	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Incompatible
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incompatible adj not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors" Antonym(s): compatible used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect Synonym(s): antagonistic, incompatible Antonym(s): interactive, synergistic not suitable to your tastes or needs; "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs" Synonym(s): uncongenial, incompatible Antonym(s): congenial incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification Antonym(s): compatible of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms" Synonym(s): contrastive, incompatible not easy to combine harmoniously Synonym(s): ill-sorted, incompatible, mismated, unsuited not compatible with other facts Synonym(s): discrepant, incompatible not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior" Synonym(s): inappropriate, incompatible, out or keeping(p), unfitting used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incompatible \In`compat"ible\, a. [Pref. in- not + compatible: cf. F. incompatible.] [It was formerly sometimes written {incompetible}.] 1. Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires, ambition. A strength and obduracy of character incompatible with his meek and innocent nature. --Southey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incompatible \In`compat"ible\, n. (Med. & Chem.) An incompatible substance; esp., in pl., things which can not be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or of opposing medicinal qualities; as, the incompatibles of iron.