as in inconsistent
not being in agreement or harmony
the two plans are mutually exclusive; implementing one will automatically rule out the other
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Recent Examples of mutually exclusive
Well, that the two things are not mutually exclusive.
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Samanta Schweblin, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
Intersex and transgender changemakers such as Delia Sosa, incoming director of the Medical Student Pride Alliance, and AC Goldberg, assistant professor at Northeastern University, show how these identities aren’t always mutually exclusive.
—Alicia Roth Weigel, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
Plus, the creation of new areas for the butterflies is not mutually exclusive with trying to conserve their current habitat in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.
—Andrea J. Arratibel, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
And, complicating matters further, those options aren’t mutually exclusive.
—David Goldman, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
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Samanta Schweblin, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
Intersex and transgender changemakers such as Delia Sosa, incoming director of the Medical Student Pride Alliance, and AC Goldberg, assistant professor at Northeastern University, show how these identities aren’t always mutually exclusive.
—Alicia Roth Weigel, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
Plus, the creation of new areas for the butterflies is not mutually exclusive with trying to conserve their current habitat in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.
—Andrea J. Arratibel, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
And, complicating matters further, those options aren’t mutually exclusive.
—David Goldman, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Mutually exclusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutually%20exclusive. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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