disparate

[ dis-per-it, dih-spar- ]

/ ˈdɪs pər ɪt, dɪˈspær- /

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adjective

distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.

Nearby words

disoriented, disown, disparage, disparagement, disparaging, disparate, disparately, disparity, disparlure, dispart, dispassion

Origin of disparate

1580–90; < Latin disparātus separated (past participle of disparāre), equivalent to dis- dis-¹ + par(āre) to prepare (see pare) + -ātus -ate¹

SYNONYMS FOR disparate

separate, divergent, incommensurable, unlike.

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Related forms

dis·pa·rate·ly, adverbdis·pa·rate·ness, nounnon·dis·pa·rate, adjectivenon·dis·pa·rate·ly, adverb

non·dis·pa·rate·ness, noun

Can be confuseddesperate disparate

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Examples from the Web for disparate

Still other critics are baffled that Borges was influenced by such strange and disparate sources.
Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else|Allen Barra|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The so-called moderate opposition—made up of hundreds of disparate groups—is often immoderate and rarely cohesive.
Why Airstrikes in Syria Won't Work|Rep. Adam Schiff|September 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So, as I say, a disparate bunch but in a couple of ways the form in which cartoonists choose to work binds them.
Cartoon News: DSK And Dr. Phil|Anthony Haden-Guest|June 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There will be no Peach state Todd Akin after the disparate Tea Party strands in Georgia failed to produce a competitive candidate.
Tea Party Flops in Georgia Senate Race|Patricia Murphy|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Nowhere are these disparate conditions more evident than in Bab al-Salameh.
Millions of Refugees from Syria’s War Are Clinging to Life In Toxic Conditions|Christopher Looney|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Disparate values cannot in any way be compared, so long as a transformation of the one into the other is impossible.
An Introduction to Psychology|Wilhelm Max Wundt
Of course, such hiatuses are to be expected; even in man such enigmas as the disparate sex ratio still challenge the investigator.
Natural History of the Racer Coluber constrictor|Henry S. Fitch
To make sense of disparate data and from them form new productive endeavors is a formidable task.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
Disparate racial elements mingled in the long Southern oval and the Slavonic modelling of brow and cheek-bone.
Tante|Anne Douglas Sedgwick
He has succeeded, according to them, in heaping together an immense amount of information, but it is of the most disparate value.
Catholic Churchmen in Science|James J. Walsh

British Dictionary definitions for disparate

disparate

/ (ˈdɪspərɪt) /

adjective

utterly different or distinct in kind

noun

(plural) unlike things or people

Derived Formsdisparately, adverbdisparateness, noun

Word Origin for disparate

C16: from Latin disparāre to divide, from dis- 1 + parāre to prepare; also influenced by Latin dispar unequal

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Word Origin and History for disparate

disparate

adj.

c.1600, "unlike in kind," from Latin disparatus, past participle of disparare "divide, separate," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + parare "get ready, prepare" (see pare); meaning influenced by Latin dispar "unequal, unlike." Related: Disparately; disparateness.

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