How to Use incompatibility in a Sentence

incompatibility

noun
  • If the snack misses and hits me in the forehead, that could be a telltale sign of incompatibility.
    — Sara K. Runnel, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Take a rain check on social connections; the fun may fall flat due to incompatibility issues.
    — oregonlive, 5 June 2020
  • Time and time again wine creates a simple yet unbreakable bond between man and land against all odds of incompatibility.
    — Ani Duzdabanyan, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The Founders did not see, as some see today, any incompatibility between the rights of property and the rights of man.
    — Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
  • The financial incompatibilities led Collins to call off the wedding, just a few weeks before the big day.
    — Victoria Baeza Garcia, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The main reason for incompatibility is the nature of the charger plug that fits into an electric car’s charging port.
    — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • And, of course, the incompatibility will apply to retirement savers outside of the state programs as well.
    — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 29 May 2026
  • The incompatibility caused so much wear that the city had to replace a half mile of rail weeks before the metro even started carrying passengers.
    — New York Times, 13 June 2021
  • There were no disagreements, no incompatibilities revealed — something that never had the chance to go wrong.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • In a major war scenario, the two planes will frequently fly alongside each other, so this incompatibility is a big problem.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2021
  • In a major war scenario, the two planes will frequently fly alongside each other, so this incompatibility is a big problem.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Sep. 2021
  • If, for example, a woman is worried that her partner doesn’t spend enough quality time with her, that might just be a sign of incompatibility.
    — Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2024
  • When every part of the company works off the same platform, rolling out changes becomes much simpler as there’s no need to worry about incompatibility.
    — Maksym Kryvoshlyk, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Communication was an issue for many of the couples as incompatibilities and lies piled up.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
  • That incompatibility, though nothing new, fails Black people by design, and that failure has damaged us all.
    — Sydette Harry, Wired, 11 Jan. 2021
  • On the advice of a lawyer, Hayek gathered more evidence of their incompatibility.
    — Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
  • This mindset encourages working through challenges and viewing rough patches as part of the process, not signs of incompatibility.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Turkey’s claim that the United States never warned of this incompatibility is simply not true.
    — Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Any chemistry the two have in scenes, and there is some chemistry, often wanes under the collective incompatibility of their families.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Red flags warn of potential harm or incompatibility.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This City presents about the basic incompatibility between members of the police and those being policed.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2022
  • And Johan’s efforts to bridge the growing distance between them just seem to confirm their incompatibility.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
  • Beeper was supposed to fix those incompatibilities and put Android users on a level playing field with iPhone owners.
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Graham said that perhaps the most important feature of discernment is looking beyond themes of incompatibility and blame to each spouse's role in the breakdown.
    — Jackie Pilossoph, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Based on the 80/20 rule, there will always be certain incompatibilities.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
  • During that time, a range of mesh protocols and standards emerged, each claiming to be the solution—only to flame out or splinter into new incompatibilities.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 25 Dec. 2025
  • The port's interface is admittedly barebones, made up of menus that require a keyboard to pick through, and its incompatibility with mice and touchpads is startling at first.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 29 June 2022
  • But Milton wrote passionately and bravely in defense of divorce on the grounds of spousal incompatibility.
    — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 6 July 2018
  • Likewise, the incompatibility with other bottles forces parents to buy more bottles from Ember to avoid having to clean a bottle every time the baby needs to eat.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Design changes in the past year helped address the incompatibility with the corridor’s track and its catenary system — the overhead wires that supply the train with electricity.
    — Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2022

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