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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Incompatible \In`com*pat"i*ble\, n. (Med. & Chem.)
     An incompatible substance; esp., in pl., things which can not
     be placed or used together because of a change of chemical
     composition or of opposing medicinal qualities; as, the
     incompatibles of iron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Incompatible \In`com*pat"i*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + compatible:
     cf. F. incompatible.] [It was formerly sometimes written
     {incompetible}.]
     1. Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of
        harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in
        thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons
        of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires,
        ambition.
  
              A strength and obduracy of character incompatible
              with his meek and innocent nature.    --Southey.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incompatible
       adj 1: not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible
              colors" [ant: {compatible}]
       2: used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or
          neutralize each other's effect [syn: {antagonistic}] [ant:
           {synergistic}]
       3: not suitable to your tastes or needs; "the uncongenial
          roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial
          to one sensitive to rebuffs" [syn: {uncongenial}] [ant: {congenial}]
       4: incapable of being used with or connected to other devices
          or components without modification [ant: {compatible}]
       5: of words so related that one contrasts with the other;
          "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms" [syn: {contrastive}]
       6: not easy to combine harmoniously [syn: {ill-sorted}, {mismated},
           {unsuited}]
       7: not compatible with other facts [syn: {discrepant}]
       8: not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely
          inappropriate behavior" [syn: {inappropriate}, {out or
          keeping(p)}, {unfitting}]
       9: used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of
          blending into a stable homogeneous mixture

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