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mutually exclusive

noun

of or pertaining to a situation involving two or more events, possibilities, etc., in which the occurrence of one precludes the occurrence of the other: mutually exclusive plans of action.

Origin:
1870–75

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mutually exclusive
adjective
unable to be both true at the same time [syn: contradictory]

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