disparate

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  1. adjective Fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar: "This mixture of apparently disparate materials—scandal and spiritualism, current events and eternal recurrences—is not promising on the face of it” (Gary Wills).
  2. adjective Containing or composed of dissimilar or opposing elements: a disparate group of people who represented a cross section of the city.

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  • Its narrative elements are disparate -- confessional, historical, folk tale, fairy tale, fantasia, romance, and "that most populist of idioms, the rags-to-riches story." —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 01 - July 1999
  • It's the most disparate, at least, and the first to leave many of its missions and waypoints hidden about the map. —  Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today
  • Besides, college football is too disparate -- lots of teams from lots of schools of vastly different athletic and academic aspirations -- for a playoff to mean much. —  Billings Blog
  • The checks "will have a substantial, disparate, and adverse impact on the voting rights and eligibility of scores of thousands of African American citizens," the filings said. —  The Green Bay Press-Gazette Latest Headlines
  • I know the community of "climate sceptics" is vast and disparate, and for that reason I try to avoid sweeping statements on the issue; but I sometimes think the sheer size and breadth of the political consensus escapes from that community's field of view. —  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
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  1. Latin disparātus, past participle of disparāre, to separate : dis-, apart; see dis- + parāre, to prepare; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French disparate = Italian disparato, sparato, from Latin disparatus, past participle of disparare, separate, from dis- privative + parare, make equal, from par, equal. Cf. compare, and see disparity, dispair.
 

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