Definition of incompatibility in English:
incompatibility
nounPlural incompatibilities ɪnkəmpatɪˈbɪlɪti
mass noun1The condition of two things being so different in nature as to be incapable of coexisting.
the incompatibility between industry and nature
count noun a strategy for resolving incompatibilities
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- More studies with other incompatibility genes are necessary.
- Tissue and blood type incompatibilities remain the most significant barrier to further expansion of live donation.
- The incompatibility of slave with free labor is advanced to explain the lag of unionism in the South.
- Is it true that the sign under which one was born determines one's compatibility or incompatibility with other people?
- Time might have helped to resolve most of the problems thrown up by these apparent incompatibilities of view.
- It is caused by incompatibility between interacting genes.
- Rhesus disease is a blood disease caused by the incompatibility of Rh factors between a fetus and a mother's red blood cells.
- Incompatibilities among readers and publishers' copyright restrictions mean that books loaded on one reader cannot be transferred to another one.
- There is some incompatibility between the three sets of estimates.
- Hybridization may result in sterile offspring because of the incompatibility of genes or enzyme systems inherited from two dissimilar species.
- 1.1 Inability of two people to live together harmoniously.
our different backgrounds had something to do with our incompatibility
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- The two actors share a genuine love, undermined by their complete incompatibility.
- From 1969 to 1985, all the states either replaced the fault grounds with no-fault grounds such as incompatibility, or irretrievable breakdown or added those no-fault grounds to the existing fault grounds.
- This play is a study of incompatibility.
- They had a son, Conrad, but incompatibility in age and temperament tore the marriage apart.
- Citing incompatibility, he divorced and then remarried.
- Their marriage ended in divorce on the grounds of sexual incompatibility.
- In 1828 they separated, because of personal incompatibilities.
- These evidences of an incompatibility of temper induced Emily to effect a separation by mutual consent.
- 1.2 Inability of equipment, computer programs, etc. to be used in combination.
defects due to software incompatibility
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- There are huge hardware incompatibility issues.
- Incompatibility among US cellular networks has stalled the technology.
- You can bypass software incompatibility by downloading free instant messaging products.
- There can be real, though arbitrary, incompatibilities between programs, which will cause problems from time to time.
- I encountered problems in accessing the video images because of incompatibility with certain software.
- I have run into a few problems because of browser incompatibility in the design of the site.
- Industry critics point to potential incompatibility down the road with other IP standards.
- With 40 to 50 programs installed, I've encountered only a few minor incompatibilities.