adj.
Impossible to compress; resisting compression: mounds of incompressible garbage.
incompressibility in'com·press'i·bil'i·ty n.
incompressible
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
impossible to compress; resisting compression
Antonym: compressible (meaning #1)
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