Meaning & use
Incompatibilities
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Instances in which two or more things cannot exist, work, or coexist together without conflict.
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The IT team identified several incompatibilities between the old software and the new operating system.
Their incompatibilities in lifestyle eventually led to the couple's separation.
A note on using this word
Common in both technical contexts, like software or hardware conflicts, and interpersonal contexts, like relationship differences.
Words with a similar meaning
conflictsmismatchesinconsistencies
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Words with an opposite meaning
compatibilitiesharmonies
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