incompatibility
noun
in·com·pat·i·bil·i·ty
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plural incompatibilities
Definition of incompatibility
1a
: the quality or state of being incompatible
b
: lack of interfertility between two plants
2
incompatibilities plural
: mutually antagonistic things or qualities
Examples of incompatibility in a Sentence
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The incompatibility between Communism and Nazism was considered by all to be existential — and permanent. — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, "The German–Soviet Non-Aggression Pact: A Bad Deal, 80 Years Ago," 15 Aug. 2019 The incompatibility between communism and Nazism was considered by all to be existential — and permanent. — Victor Davis Hanson, The Mercury News, "Hanson: The bad deal that led directly to the start of World War II," 15 Aug. 2019 Compare this launcher incompatibility announcement to the run-up to storage-access protections in Android Q. Scoped storage has the potential to break Android apps, so Google announced it with Beta 1 in March. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "Android Q’s gesture navigation won’t support custom home apps at launch," 10 July 2019 One hundred years after Albert Einstein developed his general theory of relativity, physicists are still stuck with perhaps the biggest incompatibility problem in the universe. — Quanta Magazine, "Wormholes Untangle a Black Hole Paradox," 24 Apr. 2015 The Founders did not see, as some see today, any incompatibility between the rights of property and the rights of man. — Thomas Wendel, National Review, "The Beginning of a Nation," 4 July 2019 Their incompatibility leads physicists to suspect that a more fundamental theory is needed to unify all four forces of nature and describe them at all scales. — Quanta Magazine, "How Holography Could Help Solve Quantum Gravity," 14 Nov. 2018 Relationships worthy of poetry have overcome more than a little kink incompatibility, and sometimes you might be turned on by different things for totally different reasons. — Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, "Kink-Shaming 101: The Stigma-Free Guide to Disclosing Your Sexual Kinks and Fetishes," 3 Oct. 2018 The Nintendo Switch USB-C port, for example, doesn’t work with USB-C headsets due to Nintendo’s own design, and that incompatibility includes the Hammerhead. — Stefan Etienne, The Verge, "Razer Hammerhead USB-C ANC review: easy isolation," 20 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'incompatibility.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for incompatibility
incompatibility
noun
in·com·pat·i·bil·i·ty
| \ ˌin-kəm-ˌpa-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē\
plural incompatibilities
Kids Definition of incompatibility
: the quality or state of being incompatible
software incompatibility
incompatibility
noun
in·com·pat·i·bil·i·ty
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plural incompatibilities
Medical Definition of incompatibility
: the quality or state of being incompatible
chemical incompatibility