incompatibleadjective
uk/ˌɪn.kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/us/ˌɪn.kəmˈpæt̬.ə.bəl/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.
Maintaining quality is incompatible with increasing output.
Any new video system that is incompatible with existing ones has little chance of success.
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Different and difference
- a breath of fresh air idiom
- a whole new ballgame idiom
- a world of difference idiom
- alternative
- another
- clash
- contrary
- differential
- distinction
- distinctive
- distorted
- diverge
- divergence
- divide
- permutation
- refreshing
- several
- step
- sundry
- tangential
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incompatibility
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɪn.kəmˌpæt.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌɪn.kəmˌpæt̬.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
An incompatibility problem prevents the two pieces of software from being used together.