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Recent Examples of incompatibility
Ninoy recognizes an essential incompatibility between them.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
The board then heard from about a dozen residents who spoke in opposition of the project, citing, once again, traffic congestion and incompatibility with the residential feel of the neighborhood.
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Lauren Costantino
february 11,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
Monique Tepe later filed for divorce, citing incompatibility in court documents.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
16 Jan. 2026
Commissioners cited concerns about the building’s height, lack of community engagement and incompatibility with the neighborhood’s character.
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Everton Bailey Jr,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for incompatibility
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
The board then heard from about a dozen residents who spoke in opposition of the project, citing, once again, traffic congestion and incompatibility with the residential feel of the neighborhood.
—
Lauren Costantino
february 11,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
Monique Tepe later filed for divorce, citing incompatibility in court documents.
—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
16 Jan. 2026
Commissioners cited concerns about the building’s height, lack of community engagement and incompatibility with the neighborhood’s character.
—
Everton Bailey Jr,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for incompatibility
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incompatibility
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The timing couldn’t be better for the Royals, whose bullpen has been stretched thin by injuries and inconsistency.
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When that foundation is weak, AI amplifies every gap, inconsistency and blind spot.
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The more senior the team, the more costly this incongruence becomes, because symbolic behavior travels quickly through the organization.
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Such incongruence between actions and intentions can also bring about feelings of guilt.
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Irony involves incongruity, while tragicomedy is about possible congruity—not mutual erasure but the capacity for the tragic and comic to coexist.
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Nobody is more alive to the comic incongruity than the man himself.
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Reynolds uses the modern expression culture war to describe the mutual antagonism; that feels right.
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Ben Green, assistant professor of information at the University of Michigan, told Fortune there’s meanwhile abundant signs that antagonism toward data centers is real and organic.
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“Incompatibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompatibility. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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