incompatibility

[ US /ˌɪnˌkɑmpətɪˈbɪɫɪti/ ]
[ UK /ɪnkəmpˌætɪbˈɪlɪti/ ]
NOUN
  1. the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
  2. the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination
  3. (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)
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How To Use incompatibility In A Sentence

  • Don't be pushed into a software upgrade now only to find that data translation incompatibility presents major problems later.
  • a fundamental incompatibility between them
  • But we can note that at least one commentator has noted its incompatibility with the rest of his system, while another has noted its superfluity.
  • In all of the written pieces I found Coyne specifically points out that the incompatibility is of a philosophical nature. Advocacy in Science: a Parasitic Practice
  • You can bypass software incompatibility by downloading free instant messaging products.
  • There are huge hardware incompatibility issues.
  • An incompatibility problem prevents the two pieces of software from being used together.
  • In my view, there is no such ouster or incompatibility in this case.
  • Self-incompatibility mechanisms have traditionally been found to operate in styles with either a sporophytic or gametophytic incompatibility system.
  • *** And, when one reads Berlin's qualified praise of Herzen, it's easy to see how he became central to Stoppard's three plays: "Herzen does at least face genuine political problems, such as the incompatibility of unlimited personal liberty with either social equality, or the minimum of social organization and authority; the need to sail precariously between the Scylla of individualist 'atomization' and the Charybdis of collectivist oppression; the sad disparity and conflict between many, equally noble human ideals; the nonexistence of 'objective,' eternal, universal moral and political standards, to justify either coercion or resistance to it; the mirage of distant ends, and the impossibility of doing wholly without them. Stinky Inky, Part VI: Carlin Romano's April Fools' Joke on His Philadelphia Inquirer Readers
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