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mutually exclusive
adjective
: related in such a way that each thing makes the other thing impossible : not able to be true at the same time or to exist together
Full Definition of MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
: being related such that each excludes or precludes the other <mutually exclusive events>; also : incompatible <their outlooks were not mutually exclusive>
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First Known Use of MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
1874
Related to MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
- Synonyms
- clashing, conflicting, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsonant, inharmonious, inconsistent, repugnant
- Antonyms
- accordant, agreeing, compatible, concordant, conformable (to), congruent, congruous, consistent, consonant, correspondent (with or to), harmonious, nonconflicting
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