incompatible

Borrowed from French incompatible.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪŋkəmˈpætɪbəl/, /ˌɪnkəmˈpætɪbəl/

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• Hyphenation: in‧com‧pat‧i‧ble

incompatible (comparative more incompatible, superlative most incompatible)

1. Of two or more things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.

   Synonyms: irreconcilable, abhorrent (literary)

   My phone is incompatible with the latest version of this app.

   • 1788, Publius [pseudonym; Alexander Hamilton], “Number LXXXIII”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, […] , volume II, New York, N.Y.: […] J. and A. M‘Lean, […], →OCLC:

     Courts of equity are in many instances so nice and intricate, that they are incompatible with the genius of trials by jury.

   • 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

     "You did not visit High Barn?"
     "Oh no."
     "But there was no particular reason why you should not?"
     "Why do you ask me that?" she demanded quickly, and in a tone that was quite incompatible with the simple inquiry.

   • 2019 February 27, Jeremy Pelzer, “Green Party presidential hopeful says he was fired as rabbi because of Israel criticism”, in cleveland.com‎^[1]:

     After the story was published, Hunter stated that the temple's executive committee informed him that such statements were incompatible with being a rabbi.

2. (chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.

• compatible

• backward-incompatible

incompatible (plural incompatibles)

1. (medicine, chemistry, chiefly in the plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.

   the incompatibles of iron

2. (philosophy) A consequent of a contrary.
   • 2004, Boethius, translated by Eleonore Stump, In Ciceronis Topica:

     Incompatibles are consequents of contraries. For example, sleeping and waking are contraries, and snoring is associated with sleepers. So snoring and waking are incompatibles.

From in- +‎ compatible.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [iŋ.kum.pəˈtib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [iŋ.kom.pəˈtib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iŋ.kom.paˈti.ble]

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incompatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incompatibles)

1. incompatible

   Antonym: compatible

• incompatibilitat
• incompatiblement

• “incompatible”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

incompatible (plural incompatibles)

1. incompatible

   Antonym: compatible

• incompatibilité
• incompatiblement

• “incompatible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• incompatíbel

incompatible m or f (plural incompatibles)

1. incompatible

   Antonyms: compatible, compatíbel

• incompatibilidade

• “incompatible”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

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incompatible m (feminine singular incompatibla, masculine plural incompatibles, feminine plural incompatiblas)

1. incompatible

   Antonym: compatible

• incompatibilitat

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[2], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 560
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[3], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 338

• IPA^(key): /inkompaˈtible/ [ĩŋ.kõm.paˈt̪i.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: in‧com‧pa‧ti‧ble

incompatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incompatibles)

1. incompatible

   Synonym: malavenido

   Antonym: compatible

• “incompatible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025