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disparate

/ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/

noun

Meaning

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

adjective

Meaning

  • 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.

Synonyms

incongruous,
mismatched,
uncoordinated,
incommensurable,
different,
dissimilar,
unalike