Our managing director is incompatible with the president.
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Incompatible
//ˌɪŋkəmˈpætɪbəl//
Synonyms for "incompatible" (157 found)
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Related words (78)
inaccordantincoherentincommensurableincommensurateincongruousinconsequentinconsonantinharmoniousinhospitableinimicalinsociablejanglingjarringmanymismatchedmopeymopishmorosemotleymultifarious
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mutually exclusivenegativenongregariousopposedopposingoppositeout of accordout of proportionout of whackout or keepingoxymoronicparadoxicalpoles apartpoles asunderrepugnantself-containedself-contradictoryself-sufficientseparateseparatedseveralsnugsocially incompatiblestrainedsullentenseunamiableunamicableunclubbableuncommunicativeuncompanionableunconformableuncordialunequalunfitunfriendlyungenialunharmoniousunlikeunrelatedunsociableunsocialunsuitedvariantvariedvariegatedvariousvaryingwidely apartworlds apart
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Translations
45 translations across 31 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- անհամատեղելի adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Bulgarian
1 entries- несъвместим adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Catalan
1 entries- incompatible adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不兼容的 adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
- 不相容的 adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Czech
1 entries- neslučitelný adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Danish
1 entries- inkompatibel uforenelig adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Dutch
1 entries- onverenigbaar adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Finnish
2 entries- yhteensopimaton adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
- yhteensovittamaton adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
French
1 entries- incompatible adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Galician
2 entries- incompatible adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
- incompatíbel adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Georgian
1 entries- შეუთავსებელი adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
German
2 entries- inkompatibel adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
- unvereinbar adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Greek
2 entries- ασυμβίβαστος adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
- ασύμβατος adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Hungarian
2 entries- inkompatíbilis adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
- összeegyeztethetetlen adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Irish
2 entries- contrártha adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
- neamhfhreagrach adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Italian
1 entries- incompatibile adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Japanese
1 entries- 相容れない adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Korean
1 entries- 양립할 수 없는 adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Latin
1 entries- dissociābilis adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Māori
1 entries- mataku adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- inkompatibel adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
- uforenlig adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Occitan
1 entries- incompatible adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Persian
1 entries- ناسازگار adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Polish
2 entries- niekompatybilny adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
- niezgodny adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Portuguese
1 entries- incompatível adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Romanian
1 entries- incompatibil adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Russian
1 entries- несовмести́мый adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Spanish
2 entries- incompatible adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
- malavenido adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Swedish
2 entries- inkompatibel adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
- oförenlig adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Turkish
4 entries- aykırı adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
- bağdaşmayan adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
- bağdaşmaz adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
- uyumsuz adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Ukrainian
1 entries- несумі́сний adj (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
His desires are incompatible with his income.
Source: tatoeba (287760)
The facts are incompatible with your hypothesis.
Source: tatoeba (599658)
Comparing American English and British English is like counting incompatible sets of floors of a building. That's why, when you try translating over and over again between the two, it's like climbing an endless set of floors. You might even reach the moon someday doing that.
Source: tatoeba (1487748)
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