as in conflicting
not being in agreement or harmony
the committee's incompatible goals—develop new projects and cut costs—meant that they got very little accomplished
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Recent Examples of incompatible
These projects are dangerous, outdated, and entirely incompatible with New York’s climate and water protection mandates — and they must be rejected again.
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Laura Shindell, New York Daily News, 20 July 2025
Both Th and water behave like incompatible elements in magmatic processes, preferring to stay in the melt rather than getting incorporated in the solidifying phase, potentially suggesting that the lunar mantle in the Th-poor Feldspathic Highlands and the SPA Basin may have lower water content.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 July 2025
Building new fracked gas infrastructure is incompatible with a livable future.
—Laura Shindell, New York Daily News, 20 July 2025
What's more, some of the commercial outposts may be incompatible with Starship because of its enormous mass, which could overcome the ability of a relatively modest space station to control its orientation.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
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Laura Shindell, New York Daily News, 20 July 2025
Both Th and water behave like incompatible elements in magmatic processes, preferring to stay in the melt rather than getting incorporated in the solidifying phase, potentially suggesting that the lunar mantle in the Th-poor Feldspathic Highlands and the SPA Basin may have lower water content.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 July 2025
Building new fracked gas infrastructure is incompatible with a livable future.
—Laura Shindell, New York Daily News, 20 July 2025
What's more, some of the commercial outposts may be incompatible with Starship because of its enormous mass, which could overcome the ability of a relatively modest space station to control its orientation.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incompatible
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Those courts have reached conflicting decisions, with some finding eligibility rules are not only commercial in nature but are problematic under the microscope of antitrust scrutiny.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 July 2025
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The administration has specifically been scrutinized for not releasing the full tranche of documents and its conflicting messages around their existence.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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While Salesforce tries to make this as painless as possible, its UI/UX can be inconsistent and create bottlenecks during onboarding.—
Andrii Kovalchuk,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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The company's customer service is known for being inconsistent.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 July 2025
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“Incompatible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompatible. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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