incompatible

incompatible

Qui ne peut pas bien fonctionner ou coexister avec autre chose en raison de différences importantes.

En anglais simple : Unable to work well together or exist together because of important differences.

• Their goals are incompatible.
• This charger is incompatible with my phone.
• They separated because their personalities were incompatible.

Comment l'utiliser : incompatible with someone/something (This file is incompatible with the older software.)

Synonymes : conflicting, mismatched

Contraires : compatible

Expressions courantes : incompatible with something, incompatible goals, incompatible personalities

substance incompatible

Substance qu’on ne peut pas mélanger ou utiliser sans danger avec une autre, car leurs effets s’opposent.

En anglais simple : A substance that cannot safely be mixed or used with another because their effects conflict.

• The pharmacist identified an incompatible in the mixture.
• Keep these incompatibles in separate containers.
• The manual lists several incompatibles for this medicine.

Expressions courantes : chemical incompatible, medicinal incompatible, an incompatible substance