Definition of disparate Disparate

/dɪˈspɚɪt/ - [disperit] - dis•par•ate

We found 9 definitions of disparate from 5 different sources.

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What does disparate mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

disparate - including markedly dissimilar elements; "a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers"
  heterogeneous, heterogenous consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous"
disparate - fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind; "such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing"; "disparate ideas"
  different differing from all others; not ordinary; "advertising that strives continually to be different"; "this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • disparate (Noun)
    Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
  • disparate (Adjective)
    Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
  • disparate (Adjective)
    Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs; also, less properly, utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common genus.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • disparate (a.)
    Unequal; dissimilar; separate.
  • disparate (a.)
    Pertaining to two coordinate species or divisions.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • disparate
    Composed of inherently different or distinct elements.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • disparate
    dis′par-āt, adj. unequal: incapable of being compared.—n. Disparate′ness.—n.pl. Dis′parates, things or characters of different species. [L. disparātusdis, neg., and parāre, make equal.]

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