disparate
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/ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/
English
Definitions
noun
- (chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
adjective
- Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.“The board of the company was decidedly disparate, with no two members from the same social or economic background.”
- Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs; also, less properly, utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common genus.
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Synonyms
incongruousmismatcheduncoordinatedincommensurabledifferentdissimilarunalikeheterogeneousinconsistentincompatiblelopsideddisjointeddissidentdisproportionatenonsenseinequitableirreconcilableuneven