Incompatible

Origin

French incompatible.

Full definition of incompatible

Adjective

1. Of two things: impossible to coexist; not congruous because of differences; irreconcilable; disagreeing.
2. (chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.

Antonyms

• compatible

Derived terms

• incompatibly
• incompatibility

Noun

1. (medicine, chemistry, chiefly in the plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.the incompatibles of iron----