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# incompatible

«incompatible» in Mova's school dictionary: **not able to work together or exist together, like a game…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (incompatible)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Incompatible means not able to work together or exist together, like a game that does not work on your console. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incompatible/#m1)

2) People who are incompatible are too different to get along well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incompatible/#m2)

3) (medicine) Incompatible blood types cannot be safely mixed in a transfusion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incompatible/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In computing, a charger or app can be incompatible with your device. In science, some blood groups are incompatible, so doctors test before a transfusion. In ethics or rules, two ideas are incompatible if both cannot be true at once. In everyday life, friends or flatmates may be incompatible. Phrases: incompatible with, completely incompatible.

### examples

- This game is incompatible with my old tablet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incompatible/#x1)
- The charger is incompatible with the new phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incompatible/#x2)
- Cats and mice are usually incompatible pets! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incompatible/#x3)
- The two plans were incompatible; we had to choose one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incompatible/#x4)
- Some blood types are incompatible, so doctors check first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incompatible/#x5)
- Bullying is incompatible with our school values. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incompatible/#x6)

### note

Usually followed by «with». Opposite: compatible. Spelling ends in -ible.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «incompatible» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incompatible/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.