incompatibility

1. The state or quality of being incompatible.
2. incompatibilities Mutually exclusive or antagonistic qualities or things.

noun

A marked lack of correspondence or agreement: difference, disagreement, discrepance, discrepancy, disparity, gap, incongruity, inconsistency. See agree/disagree.

The inability of a husband and wife to cohabit in a marital rela- tionship.

The quality of being incompatible.

• drug i. — may be chemical, i.e. the drugs react with each other and precipitate, produce gas or similar effect, or pharmacological in that the effects of the two on tissues are opposite, or pharmaceutical, e.g. immiscibility, insolubility.

n.

In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination. Incompatibility may, however, consist of a meek-eyed matron living just around the corner. It has even been known to wear a moustache.

Common misspelling(s) of incompatibility

• incompatability
• incompatablity
• incompatiblity