incompatible

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌɪnkəmˈpætəbəl/ UK /ˌɪnkəmˈpætɪbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
unable to exist or work together harmoniously

The new software is incompatible with older operating systems.

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Synonyms

1 adj · unable to exist or work... conflicting clashing discordant inconsistentmismatchedirreconcilable

Opposites

compatible harmonious congruous consistent

Word family

Forms incompatibles

Derived forms incompatiblyincompatibility

Related forms compatible compatibility

Etymology

From Medieval Latin incompatibilis, from in- ('not') + compatibilis, from compati ('to suffer with, sympathize'), from com- ('together') + pati ('to suffer').

compati Latin pati Latin *peh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# incompatible

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪnkəmˈpætəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɪnkəmˈpætɪbəl/

## Meanings
1. unable to exist or work together harmoniously

## Examples
- The new software is incompatible with older operating systems.

## Synonyms
- conflicting
- clashing
- discordant
- inconsistent
- mismatched
- irreconcilable

## Antonyms
- compatible
- harmonious
- congruous
- consistent

## Derived Forms
- incompatibly
- incompatibility

## Related Forms
- compatible
- compatibility

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: compati
- Root: pati
- Root: *peh₁-

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin incompatibilis, from in- ('not') + compatibilis, from compati ('to suffer with, sympathize'), from com- ('together') + pati ('to suffer').

## AI Etymology
Incompatible is from Medieval Latin incompatibilis, from in- ('not') + compatibilis, from compati ('to suffer with, sympathize'), from com- ('together') + pati ('to suffer'). Important recorded forms include compati (Latin), pati (Latin), and *peh₁- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers unable to exist or work together harmoniously. The wider family includes derived forms such as incompatibly and incompatibility and related words such as compatible and compatibility.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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