disparate

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/, /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹɪt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/, /dɪˈspɛɹət/, /dɪˈspæɹət/

Adjective

disparate

1. 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.

2. Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs; also, less properly, utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common genus.

Synonyms

• (composed of distinct elements) incongruous, mismatched, uncoordinated
• (markedly different) different, dissimilar, unalike
• (incapable of being compared) incommensurable

Related terms

• dispair
• disparately
• disparateness
• disparity

Translations

• French: disparate
• German: disparat, verschieden, ungleich, ungleichartig
• Portuguese: disperso
• Russian: несравнимый
• Spanish: dispar, heterogéneo, variado

Noun

disparate (plural disparates)

1. (chiefly, in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.

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