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mutually exclusive

[ myoo-choo-uh-lee ik-skloo-siv, -ziv ]

adjective

  1. of or relating 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.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of mutually exclusive1

First recorded in 1870–75

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Example Sentences

But fun and insight are not always mutually exclusive, certainly not here.

The Eurasian Customs Union and EU trade agreements are by nature mutually exclusive.

Instead of treating the Israeli and Palestinian narratives as mutually exclusive, J Street recognizes their interdependence.

He should talk about maximizing positive outcomes, moving beyond the mutually exclusive language endemic to the region.

If the positions were that mutually exclusive, the conflict would not be that complex.

Now, these are only a few of the long list of your objections which are directly contradictory and mutually exclusive, my friend.

It is, of course, impossible to reconcile these mutually exclusive abstractions either in theory or in practice.

Some human activities and the activities and behavioral patterns of humpback whales may be mutually exclusive.

In discordant metaphysics, being and not being are irreconcilable and mutually exclusive contradictions.

The mere difference in complexity of mutually exclusive coordinate groups involves no relationship of superiority or inferiority.

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