disparate

dis·pa·rate (d

t, d

-sp

adj.

1. Fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar: "This mixture of apparently disparate materials

scandal and spiritualism, current events and eternal recurrences

is not promising on the face of it" (Gary Wills).

2. Containing or composed of dissimilar or opposing elements: a disparate group of people who represented a cross section of the city.

[Latin dispartus, past participle of disparre, to separate : dis-, apart; see dis- + parre, to prepare; see per-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

dispa·rate·ly adv.

dispa·rate·ness n.

disparate [ˈdɪspərɪt]

adj

utterly different or distinct in kind

(plural) unlike things or people

[from Latin disparāre to divide, from dis-¹ + parāre to prepare; also influenced by Latin dispar unequal]

disparately adv

disparateness n

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Adj.	1.	disparate - fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind; "such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing"; "disparate ideas" different - unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one"
	2.	disparate - including markedly dissimilar elements; "a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers" heterogeneous, heterogenous - consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous"

disparate

adjective different, contrasting, unlike, contrary, distinct, diverse, at odds, dissimilar, discordant, at variance, discrepant Scientists are trying to pull together disparate ideas.

Translations

disparate [ˈdɪspərɪt] ADJ → dispar

disparate [ˈdɪspərət] adj

(differing from each other) [interests, ideas] → divers(e); [parts, countries, characters] → différent(e); [elements, colours] → disparate

(= diverse) [group, collection] → hétérogène

disparate

adj → ungleich, disparat (geh)

disparate [ˈdɪspərɪt] adj (frm) → disparato/a

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absurdity
analogous
Apercu
arrant
atomistic
atomistical
baroqueness
collage film
disparateness
dissimilar
diverse
folly
Gothicism
heterogeneous
homogeneous
matching
mismatched
motley
nonsense

I do not mean to say that relatives may not be disparate, or that the science of health is healthy, or of disease necessarily diseased, or that the sciences of good and evil are therefore good and evil; but only that, when the term science is no longer used absolutely, but has a qualified object which in this case is the nature of health and disease, it becomes defined, and is hence called not merely science, but the science of medicine.

The Republic by Plato View in context

Yet such a leveller of emotions and an adjuster of disparate dispositions is Time that when they rounded their fourth year, Martin viewed his life, with a few reservations, as fairly satisfactory.

Dust by Haldeman, Julius Mr. and Mrs. View in context

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