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Unable to exist, work, or be true together without conflict.

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incompatible

The two instructions were incompatible because one required the door to remain open and the other required it to stay locked.
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Two proposed page requirements were incompatible: one demanded a single small sheet, while the other required every label to remain larger than that sheet could accommodate.
From Checking the Route Guide.
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