non-complementary
adjective
(alsononcomplementary)uk/ˌnɒn.kɒm.plɪˈmen.tər.i/us/ˌnɑːn.kɑːm.pləˈmen.t̬ɚ.i/non-complementaryadjective(NOT GOOD TOGETHER)
formal
notworkingusefullytogether:
Misunderstandings oftenstemfrom an institution's non-complementarygoals.
Foodproducersandgovernmentsmay have non-complementary and sometimesconflictingeconomic,social, andenvironmentalobjectives.
- Thisunforeseenclinicaloutcomestemmedfrom the use of non-complementaryantibiotics.
- Methodologicaldifferencesbetween the twostudiesmayexplainthe non-complementaryresults.
- Subjects did notattempttoprocessnon-complementarymessagessimultaneously.
- Physicists'theoriespredictthat B-mesons and anti-B-mesons will sometimesdecayin non-complementaryways.
- We musttrytounderstandhow theseapparentlynoncomplementaryresponseswould beproduced.
Being and appearing different
- anomalously
- another
- anti-conventional
- apple
- be a far cry fromsomethingidiom
- buck
- conflict
- depart fromsomething
- deviate
- differentiate
- diverge
- diversify
- fish
- flow
- polymorphous
- pop
- rebrand
- rebranding
- remove
- setsomething/someoneapart
non-complementaryadjective(COLOURS)
art,computingspecialized
Non-complementarycoloursare notcomplementary(= they do notcombinewith each other to makeblackorwhite):
Thisillusioncan becreatedby using two non-complementarycolourstogether.
Opposite
complementary
- Apairof noncomplementarycoloursprovidepoorcontrastand apooruserexperience.
Colour - general words
- bleed
- chalkiness
- chalky
- colour
- colour wheel
- colouration
- complementary
- hue
- pigmented
- primary colour
- recolour
- secondary colour
- shade
- spectroscope
- spectrum
- tie-dye
- tint
- tinted
- tone
- undyed
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