- incompetible
- Incompatible In`com*pat"i*ble, a. [Pref. in- not + compatible:
cf. F. incompatible.] [It was formerly sometimes written
{incompetible}.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of
harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in
thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons
of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires,
ambition.
[1913 Webster]
A strength and obduracy of character incompatible with his meek and innocent nature. --Southey. [1913 Webster]
2. (Chem.) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines. [1913 Webster]
{Incompatible terms} (Logic), terms which can not be combined in thought.
Syn: Inconsistent; incongruous; dissimilar; irreconcilable; unsuitable; disagreeing; inharmonious; discordant; repugnant; contradictory. See {Inconsistent}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
