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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Legacy retail technology systems are outdated, incompatible with new programs, and lack scalability.
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Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Legacy systems also use incompatible data formats, which create difficulties for AI algorithms to operate on existing information.
—Erum Manzoor, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
The gene-editing is an attempt to fit a square peg into a round hole — to sand off the incompatible edges of a pig organ to force it to work in a human.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
First, depositing graphene requires high temperatures that are incompatible with traditional CMOS manufacturing.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2024
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Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Legacy systems also use incompatible data formats, which create difficulties for AI algorithms to operate on existing information.
—Erum Manzoor, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
The gene-editing is an attempt to fit a square peg into a round hole — to sand off the incompatible edges of a pig organ to force it to work in a human.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
First, depositing graphene requires high temperatures that are incompatible with traditional CMOS manufacturing.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Incompatible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompatible. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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