incompatible

5 definitions • 9 examples

not able to exist or work with another person or thing because of basic differences:

When we started living together we realized how incompatible we were - our interests were so different.

incompatible with Maintaining quality is incompatible with increasing output.

Any new video system that is incompatible with existing ones has little chance of success.

not able to exist or work with another person or thing:

Any new video system that is incompatible with existing ones has little chance of success.

so different that both cannot happen, be correct, or be accepted at the same time:

The aims of the two partners were so fundamentally incompatible that an outside arbitrator was called in.

incompatible with sth She argued that his outside interests were incompatible with his role as team leader.

not able to work with other equipment:

The file was in an incompatible format and could not be printed.

incompatible with sth Ethernet and RJ11 adapters are incompatible with each other.

not able to work well with someone or within a company:

Human resources found the two managers to be mutually incompatible.