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DISPARATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Including markedly dissimilar elements
Example:
a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers
Classified under:
Similar:
heterogeneous; heterogenous (consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature)
Derivation:
disparateness (utter dissimilarity)
disparity (inequality or difference in some respect)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
Example:
disparate ideas
Classified under:
Similar:
different (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree)
Derivation:
disparateness (utter dissimilarity)
disparity (inequality or difference in some respect)
