disparate
adjective/ˈdɪspərət/
/ˈdɪspərət/
(formal)- made up of parts or people that are very different from each other
- a disparate group of individuals
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- (of two or more things) so different from each other that they cannot be compared or cannot work together
- a critical study that aims to cover such disparate forms as Anglo-Saxon poetry and the modern novel.
Extra Examples- The machine can keep the disparate parts of the system coordinated.
- When he took over, the party was composed of disparate reactionary groups.
- The aim was to bring disparate information sources into one easy-to-use database.
Word Originlate 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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