disparate
adjective
distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar.
disparately
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a word derived from
disparate.
Example Sentences
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Plaintiffs allege that after the sale, Windmill disparately disciplined and fired workers who engaged in concerted activity for using sick days and separated union supporters from working together.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
"Rather than focusing our emissions reductions uniformly across the entire country," Apte said, "if you focus on targeting the communities that are most disparately exposed … we could eliminate most of the disparities."
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2023
Children across socioeconomic lines will be disparately impacted in the coming months and years, depending on how well they fared during the pandemic, Borelli said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
It noted that “the vast majority of law enforcement officers do these difficult jobs with honor and integrity,” while adding that “fatal encounters have disparately impacted Black and Brown people and other people of color.”
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2022
Ominous music plays; tension builds; the curious viewer presumably wonders what common thread binds these four disparately creepy scenarios.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2020
