Ĭn/com·păt'i·ble, a.
a. [Prefix in, not, and compatible; Fr. & Sp. incompatible, It. incompatibile. It was formerly sometimes written incompatible.
Sense 1. Not compatible; so opposed as to be incapable of co-existence, or combined and harmonious action; inconsistent; as, persons of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors.
To have effected that would have required a strength and obduracy of character incompatible with his meek and innocent nature. Southey.
Sense 2. (Chem.) Not capable of being united in solution without liability to decomposition or other chemical change.
Sense 3. (Med.) Not suitable to be prescribed together because of opposing medicinal qualities; as, incompatible medicines.
Incompatible terms (Logic), terms which can not both be affirmed of one subject.
Synonyms—Inconsistent; incongruous; dissimilar; irreconcilable; discordant; repugnant; contradictory. See INCONSISTENT.