disparate
Composed of inherently different or distinct elementsComposed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
» When learning a foreign language, students benefit from reading disparate example sentences.
Meaning
3 sensesComposed 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.
disparat, verschieden, ungleich
несравнимыйnesravnimyj, несоизмеримыйnesoizmerimyj
різноріднийriznoridnyj, розрізненийrozriznenyj, відміннийvidminnyj
fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs.
Utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common ground.
Examples
1 sentencesWhen learning a foreign language, students benefit from reading disparate example sentences.
Translations
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Origin
First attested in 1586; either borrowed from Middle French desparat or directly from LatinFirst attested in 1586; either borrowed from Middle French desparat or directly from Latin disparātus, perfect passive participle of disparō (“to divide”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from dis- (“apart”) + parō (“to arrange”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”) and the root *per- (“carry forth”).
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Forms
more disparate, most disparate| Comparative | more disparate Lesson |
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| Superlative | most disparate Lesson |
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Synonyms
7 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form