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/ˌɪnˌkɑmpətɪˈbɪɫɪti/
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[ UK /ɪnkəmpˌætɪbˈɪlɪti/ ]
[ UK /ɪnkəmpˌætɪbˈɪlɪti/ ]
NOUN
- the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
- the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination
- (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)
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