mutually incompatible

Frequency: 8.09.3 per million words

Stresses that the incompatibility is reciprocal; each thing is incompatible with the other.

incompatibleADVERB + incompatible

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mutually

Examples (10)

  • The two systems are mutually incompatible.
  • Their goals proved to be mutually incompatible.
  • Democracy and totalitarianism are mutually incompatible ideologies.
  • These two approaches are mutually incompatible, so a choice must be made.
  • The new policies were seen as mutually incompatible with existing regulations.
  • His personal ambitions were mutually incompatible with the team's objectives.
  • The scientific theories were found to be mutually incompatible.
  • They realized that their lifestyles had become mutually incompatible.
  • Such extreme views are often mutually incompatible.
  • The software modules were mutually incompatible, causing system crashes.