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
Foundational Shaker beliefs, such as celibacy and gender equality, were incompatible with the outside world, so Lee’s followers built their own.
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Lila Allen, Architectural Digest, 26 Dec. 2025
Unwilling to be fully dependent on one country, the Indian military looks to several countries to procure defense platforms, some of which are incompatible.
—Tanvi Madan, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Catching up on work, sorting out life admin, organizing personal projects, emailing…Any activity requiring thought prolongs the brain’s state of alert, incompatible with the sleep phase.
—Mélanie Nauche, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2025
Before the City Council approved the changes on Tuesday, the only path forward for incompatible projects was through a hardship waiver that showed rehabilitation was technically, structurally or economically infeasible.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
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There are conflicting accounts about her presence.—
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But eyewitnesses and circulating video paint a conflicting picture, intensifying national scrutiny of ICE's tactics and raising comparisons to the 2020 killing of George Floyd, which occurred less than a mile from where Good was shot.—
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The company says the system aims to tackle persistent challenges in the hospitality industry, including labor shortages, inconsistent drink quality, and long service times.—
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In some cases, CBS News ran images through AI detection tools, which can be inconsistent or inaccurate but can still help flag possibly manipulated content.—
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“Incompatible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompatible. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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