Disparate¶

Pronunciation¶

ˈdɪsp(ə)rət

Meanings¶

Adjective¶

essentially different in kind; not able to be compared.

they inhabit disparate worlds of thought

contrasting, different, differing, dissimilar, unlike, unalike, poles apart, varying, various, diverse, diversified, heterogeneous, unrelated, unconnected, distinct, separate, divergent, divers, myriad, contrastive

Noun¶

things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison.

Origin¶

late Middle English: from Latin disparatus ‘separated’, from the verb disparare, from dis- ‘apart’ + parare ‘to prepare’; influenced in sense by Latin dispar ‘unequal’.

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