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While we are under the tyranny of Priests, it will ever be their interest, to invalidate the law of nature and reason, in order to establish systems incompatible therewith.
Ethan Allen

Meaning of "incompatible" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INCOMPATIBLE

incompatible  [ˌɪnkəmˈpætəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCOMPATIBLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incompatible can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INCOMPATIBLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of incompatible in the English dictionary

The first definition of incompatible in the dictionary is incapable of living or existing together in peace or harmony; conflicting or antagonistic. Other definition of incompatible is opposed in nature or quality; inconsistent. Incompatible is also only able to be held by one person at a time.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCOMPATIBLE


acceptable
əkˈsɛptəbəl
charitable
ˈtʃærɪtəbəl
comfortable
ˈkʌmftəbəl
compatible
kəmˈpætəbəl
convertible
kənˈvɜːtəbəl
inevitable
ɪnˈɛvɪtəbəl
notable
ˈnəʊtəbəl
palatable
ˈpælətəbəl
patible
ˈpætəbəl
portable
ˈpɔːtəbəl
printable
ˈprɪntəbəl
suitable
ˈsuːtəbəl
susceptible
səˈsɛptəbəl
un-come-at-able
ˌʌnkʌmˈætəbəl
un-get-at-able
ˌʌnɡɛtˈætəbəl
uncomatable
ˌʌnkʌmˈætəbəl
uncomeatable
ˌʌnkʌmˈætəbəl
uncomfortable
ʌnˈkʌmftəbəl
vatable
ˈvætəbəl
vegetable
ˈvɛdʒtəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCOMPATIBLE

incompact
incomparability
incomparable
incomparableness
incomparably
incompared
incompatibility
incompatibleness
incompatibly
incompetence
incompetency
incompetent
incompetently
incomplete
incompletely
incompleteness
incompletion
incompliance
incompliancy
incompliant

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCOMPATIBLE

accessible
biocompatible
collectible
combustible
comestible
constructible
contractible
deductible
digestible
extractible
imperceptible
imprescriptible
indestructible
inexhaustible
interruptible
invertible
irresistible
noncombustible
perceptible
perfectible
tax-deductible

Synonyms and antonyms of incompatible in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INCOMPATIBLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «incompatible» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of incompatible

Translation of «incompatible» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCOMPATIBLE

Find out the translation of incompatible to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of incompatible from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incompatible» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不相容的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

incompatible
570 millions of speakers

English

incompatible
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

असंगत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير متوافق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

несовместимы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incompatível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেমানান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

incompatible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak serasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unvereinbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

両立しない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

양립할 수 없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kompatibel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không tương thích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இணக்கமற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विसंगत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uyumsuz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incompatibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niezgodną
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

несумісні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

incompatibil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασυμβίβαστες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onversoenbare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oförenligt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uforenlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incompatible

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCOMPATIBLE»

The term «incompatible» is very widely used and occupies the 21.437 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCOMPATIBLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «incompatible» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «incompatible» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incompatible

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10 QUOTES WITH «INCOMPATIBLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word incompatible.
1
Ethan Allen
While we are under the tyranny of Priests, it will ever be their interest, to invalidate the law of nature and reason, in order to establish systems incompatible therewith.
2
Isaiah Berlin
Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance - these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them, seldom predictable, at times incompatible.
3
Helena Blavatsky
The Secret Doctrine is the common property of the countless millions of men born under various climates, in times with which History refuses to deal, and to which esoteric teachings assign dates incompatible with the theories of Geology and Anthropology.
4
Omar Bongo
The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.
5
Leon Bourgeois
The concept of patriotism is not incompatible with that of humanity; on the contrary, let me state emphatically that he who best serves pacifism serves patriotism best. The nation is and can be no more than the vital basic unit of any international league.
6
Andre Braugher
They're mutually incompatible I feel; being a wise thief and a wise father.
7
Italo Calvino
A classic is a work which persists as a background noise even when a present that is totally incompatible with it holds sway.
8
Theodore Dalrymple
It is clear to me that people often want incompatible things. They want danger and excitement on the one hand, and safety and security on the other, and often simultaneously. Contradictory desires mean that life can never be wholly satisfying or without frustration.
9
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this conventional perspective of the Middle East thus contends that democracy in that region is neither possible nor even desirable.
10
Oliver Goldsmith
Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCOMPATIBLE»

Discover the use of incompatible in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incompatible and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Incompatible with God's Design: A History of the Women's ...
Mary Jeremy Daigler explores how the focus on ordination, and not merely “increased participation” in the life and ministries of the church, has come to describe a broad movement.
Mary Jeremy Daigler, 2012
2
Perfectly Incompatible
Perfectly Incompatible By Kathryn Anne DuboisMichael Mulcahy, successor to a long line of NYC cops, has learned enough from his brothers' mistakes to know that Libby Crowne Vandermark, a fellow FBI agent and former debutante from the Upper ...
Kathryn Anne Dubois, 2004
3
Abo-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation
The book gives an overview of the current status with statistics and results of questionnaires and ends with discussions of 17 case histories.
Kōta Takahashi, Kato Takahashi, 2001
4
Hybrid and Incompatible Finite Element Methods
Hybrid and Incompatible Finite Element Methods introduces these advances in the theory and applications of incompatible and multivariable finite element methods.
Theodore H.H. Pian, Chang-Chun Wu, 2005
5
Accommodation in ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation
For most people today, ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation still carries the image of pronounced hyperacute rejection.
Kōta Takahashi, 2004
6
Geochemistry: An Introduction
MORBs are extremely depleted in highly incompatible elements such as Ba, Th, K, and light rare-earths compared with what might be expected of the melting of unprocessed mantle peridotite: the astheno- spheric mantle had already lost a ...
Francis Albarède, 2003
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Encyclopedia of Special Education
Four basic types of differential reinforcement exist (Magg, 2004): differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior (DRI), differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA), differential reinforcement of low rates (DRL), and differential ...
Cecil R. Reynolds, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, 2007
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Severe Behavior Disorders in the Mentally Retarded
None of these studies, however, specifically addressed the issue of whether reinforced adaptive behaviors need to be incompatible with maladaptive behaviors or whether maladaptive behaviors will decrease as a result of any alternative ...
Rowland P. Barrett, 1986
9
Communicate!
Incompatible. Communication. Codes. At times, we misunderstand one another because the language or other communication behavior of our culture or co- culture differs from that of another cultural group. For example, Zeke could not ...
Rudolph Verderber, Kathleen Verderber, Deanna Sellnow, 2010
10
Stimulus-Response Compatibility Principles: Data, Theory, ...
cued alternatives can be from the compatible subset, the incompatible subset, or a mixed subset (one from the compatible and one from the incompatible subset). Overall, the S-R compatibility effect increases in magnitude because the precue ...
Robert W. Proctor, Kim-Phuong L. Vu, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCOMPATIBLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incompatible is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ukraine Expels Top Russian Diplomat From Odessa For …
The State Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, vaguely accused Shibeko of actions that were “incompatible” with his role as a diplomat, Agence ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
2
High Court judges rule DRIPA incompatible with EU law - Scottish …
Counsel for the applicants asked the judges to rule that DRIPA was incompatible with article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights ... «Scottish Legal News, Jul 15»
3
A Blood Donor Who Tops the Global Charts - WSJ
This potentially fatal condition results when a pregnant woman's blood type is incompatible with that of the fetus. It occurs when the mother has ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
4
Microsoft confirms it will support Windows 10 for at least ten years …
A device may not be able to receive updates if the device hardware is incompatible, lacking current drivers, or otherwise outside of the Original ... «BetaNews, Jul 15»
5
Greek banks to reopen after cash pledge
... debt cut, and everyone knows that a debt cut is incompatible with membership in the currency union,” Schaeuble told Deutschlandfunk radio. «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»
6
High Court victory for MPs in surveillance powers challenge - BBC …
David Davis and Tom Watson challenged the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act earlier this year, arguing it was incompatible with ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
7
German lawmakers back starting talks on fresh Greek aid in test votes
Schaeuble, who has raised the idea that Greece take a "time-out" from the euro zone, said a debt "haircut" or write-down would be incompatible ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
8
European court rejects UK assisted suicide bid - The Christian Institute
Last year, the UK Supreme Court rejected a claim by the duo that a prohibition on assisted suicide is incompatible with the European ... «The Christian Institute, Jul 15»
9
Climate-themed, locally sourced dinner at Willowell
... from incompatible context in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_filter_many_to_one.inc on line 25. «Addison County Independent, Jul 15»
10
The Latest: German lawmakers back Greek bailout …
... would be incompatible with Greece keeping the euro. Greece's creditors demanded the Greek vote before opening full bailout negotiations. «StarNewsOnline.com, Jul 15»

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