incompatible

英 [ɪnkəm'pætɪb(ə)l] 美[,ɪnkəm'pætəbl]

• adj. 不相容的；矛盾的；不能同时成立的
• n. 互不相容的人或事物

1. not compatible;

"incompatible personalities"

"incompatible colors"

2. used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect

3. not suitable to your tastes or needs;

"the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"

"the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs"

4. incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification

5. of words so related that one contrasts with the other;

"`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"

6. not easy to combine harmoniously

7. not compatible with other facts

8. not in keeping with what is correct or proper;

"completely inappropriate behavior"

9. used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture