mutually exclusive

adjective

Synonyms of mutually exclusive next

: being related such that each excludes or precludes the other

mutually exclusive events

also : incompatible

their outlooks were not mutually exclusive

Examples of mutually exclusive in a Sentence

the two plans are mutually exclusive; implementing one will automatically rule out the other

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Trump Policy and Schrodinger’s Cat Donald Trump has promised a menu of education policies, many of which are mutually exclusive. —

Peter Greene, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 Compassion and profitability are not mutually exclusive. —

Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024 That core ethos is what has driven, and continues to drive, the Dead’s approach to both its business and its philanthropy — two things that, as the band is still proving to the industry at large, need not be mutually exclusive. —

Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2024 Katie Holmes is proof positive that coziness and style are not mutually exclusive. —

Lina-Marie Baatz, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mutually exclusive

Word History

First Known Use

1656, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of mutually exclusive was in 1656

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“Mutually exclusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutually%20exclusive. Accessed 29 Dec. 2024.

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