disparate adj

1 fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind; "such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing"; "disparate ideas"

2 including markedly dissimilar elements; "a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers"

English

Etymology

From disparātus, past participle of disparāre ‘to divide’ from dis- ‘apart’ + parāre ‘prepare’.

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɪspərɪt/ or /ˈdɪspərət/
• /dɪˈspɛrɪt/ or /dɪˈspɛrət/

Adjective

1. Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.

   The board of the company was decidedly disparate – no two members from the same social or economic background.

Synonyms

• (composed of distinct elements): incongruous, mismatched, uncoordinated
• (markedly different): different, dissimilar, unalike

Translations

• Finnish: toisenlainen
• French: disparate
• Spanish: disparate

Related terms

• disparately
• disparateness
• disparity

French

Etymology

Latin disparatus, past participle of disparare ‘to divide’, from dis- ‘apart’ + parare ‘prepare’.

Pronunciation

/dispaʀat/

Adjective

1. disparate; incongruous

Italian

Adjective

disparate

1. Feminine plural form of disparato

Spanish

Noun

1. nonsense (meaningless words or actions)
2. Great amount; a lot.

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