"disparate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/ [UK], /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹɪt/ [UK], /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/ [US], /dɪˈspæɹət/ [US], /dɪˈspɛɹət/ [US] Audio: en-us-disparate-2.ogg Forms: more disparate [comparative], most disparate [superlative]
Rhymes: (US) -æɹət, (US) -ɛɹət Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French desparat, from Latin disparātus, past participle of disparō (“to divide”), from dis- (“apart”) + parō (“to arrange”), ultimately from PIE *dwóh₁ (“two”) and *per- (“carry forth”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|desparat}} Middle French desparat, {{der|en|la|disparātus}} Latin disparātus Head templates: {{en-adj}} disparate (comparative more disparate, superlative most disparate)
  1. Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous. Synonyms (composed of distinct elements): incongruous, mismatched, uncoordinated Translations (composed of inherently different elements): несравним (nesravnim) (Bulgarian), несъизмерим (nesǎizmerim) (Bulgarian), nesourodý (Czech), uensartet (Danish), uhomogen (Danish), onsamenhangend (Dutch), toisenlainen (Finnish), hajanainen (Finnish), disparate (French), განსხვავებული (gansxvavebuli) (Georgian), disparat (German), verschieden (German), ungleich (German), ungleichartig (German), 異質な (ishitsu na) (Japanese), uensartet (Norwegian Bokmål), disperso [masculine] (Portuguese), несравнимый (nesravnimyj) (Russian), несоизмеримый (nesoizmerimyj) (Russian), dispar (Spanish), heterogéneo (Spanish), variado (Spanish), apayrı (Turkish), bambaşka (Turkish), kıyaslanmaz (Turkish), kıyaslanamaz (Turkish), різнорідний (riznoridnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), розрізнений (rozriznenyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), відмінний (vidminnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs Synonyms (markedly different): different, dissimilar, unalike
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  3. Utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common ground. Synonyms (incapable of being compared): incommensurable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: disparency, nondisparate Related terms: dispair, disparately, disparateness, disparity, desperate (english: not to be confused)

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/ [UK], /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹɪt/ [UK], /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/ [US], /dɪˈspæɹət/ [US], /dɪˈspɛɹət/ [US] Audio: en-us-disparate-2.ogg Forms: disparates [plural]
Rhymes: (US) -æɹət, (US) -ɛɹət Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French desparat, from Latin disparātus, past participle of disparō (“to divide”), from dis- (“apart”) + parō (“to arrange”), ultimately from PIE *dwóh₁ (“two”) and *per- (“carry forth”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|desparat}} Middle French desparat, {{der|en|la|disparātus}} Latin disparātus Head templates: {{en-noun}} disparate (plural disparates)
  1. (chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things. Tags: in-plural
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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