incompatibility

Definition of incompatibilitynext

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Recent Examples of incompatibility Commissioners cited concerns about the building’s height, lack of community engagement and incompatibility with the neighborhood’s character. Everton Bailey Jr, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026 Kellerman explained that the core issue between him and Smith stemmed from fundamental incompatibility. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 4 Dec. 2025 Red flags warn of potential harm or incompatibility. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 This often leads to incompatibility between vendors’ equipment, raising integration costs and risking IT and facility lifecycle mismatch. Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for incompatibility
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incompatibility
Noun
  • In aggregate, credentialing backlogs—often the direct result of data inconsistencies requiring manual resolution—translate into measurable revenue impact.
    Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • The right-hander has struggled to maintain his velocity this season, a perplexing trend largely stemming from an inconsistency in his mechanics.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Such incongruence between actions and intentions can also bring about feelings of guilt.
    Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Psychologists call it a low tolerance for cognitive incongruence.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Nobody is more alive to the comic incongruity than the man himself.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • During the talk, Brooks joked about the seeming incongruity of teaching courses in emotional realism under the shingle of a public policy school.
    Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • And the main driver of the inconsistences seems to be due to contractual obligations and profits.
    Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Very inconsistent with practices, which led to inconsistence with games.
    Percy Allen, The Seattle Times, 31 July 2018
Noun
  • The tension between the couple, contrasted with their joint antagonism towards the devious narrator, is hilarious.
    Rima Parikh, Vulture, 10 May 2026
  • As ideological blocs collapsed, political scientist Samuel Huntington’s influential 1996 book Clash of Civilizations articulated a growing anxiety that globalization would harden into cultural antagonism rather than consensus.
    Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026

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“Incompatibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompatibility. Accessed 18 May. 2026.

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