incompatibility
pronunciation
How to pronounce incompatibility in British English:
UK [ˌɪnkəmˌpætə'bɪlətɪ]
How to pronounce incompatibility in American English:
US [ˌɪnkəmˌpætəˈbɪlɪti]
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- Noun:
- the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
- (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)
- the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination
Word Origin
- incompatibility (n.)
- 1610s; see incompatible + -ity.
Example
- 1. Because of an antibody incompatibility , he is unable to receive a transplant .
- 2. Sexual incompatibility can have a real impact on your relationship .
- 3. The problem , at its root , is the incompatibility between global finance and fragmentation of political sovereignty at the national level .
- 4. When charles de gaulle rejected britain 's bid to enter the then european economic community ( eec ) in the 1960s , one reason he gave was the incompatibility of its farming policies .
- 5. The attackers saw the incompatibility , but were mistaken in their belief that it was the euro , rather than the westphalian dogma , that would emerge most damaged .