Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a disparate manner; unequally.

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  • adverb To act or do in a disparate manner.

Etymologies

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disparate +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • These companies realize that in order to get the best leverage out of these environments, they cannot manage them each disparately.

    The Cloud: Have It Your Way Pete Privateer 2010

  • He said the suit presented "the unusual case where there is already a well-developed public record of Gupta being treated substantially disparately from 28 essentially identical defendants, with not even a hint from the SEC...as to why this should be so."

    Focus on Goldman Ex-Director Michael Rothfeld 2011

  • As the ranks of entry-level attorneys became increasingly more diverse, and women represent over 50% of the attorneys in the "pipeline" of new graduates, the refusal to consider such requests for change has disparately impacted women and minority attorneys.

    Finding Balance 2009

  • These companies realize that in order to get the best leverage out of these environments, they cannot manage them each disparately.

    The Cloud: Have It Your Way Pete Privateer 2010

  • Prominent programs' frustrations festered in the 1970s, when the NCAA was a motley collection of disparately sized athletic programs with equal voting rights and shared television revenues.

    Enough Already With the Little Guy Rachel Bachman 2011

  • Interestingly, Carolyn Elefant suggests in this post at the Legal Blog Watch that as a result, the institutionalized "billable hour" may in fact disparately impact women lawyers who have children:

    Finding Balance 2009

  • The reason that black people were disparately harmed is because more black people lived in the area.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Affirmative Action and Racial Profiling Revisited 2010

  • The reason that black people were disparately harmed is because more black people lived in the area.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Affirmative Action and Racial Profiling Revisited 2010

  • I wonder whether some enterprising lawyers might bring a class action suit against law firms, arguing that the billable hour disparately impacts women with families -- and thus, violates Title VII.

    Finding Balance 2009

  • "Here, by contrast, we have the unusual case where there is already a well-developed public record of Gupta being treated substantially disparately from 28 essentially identical defendants, with not even a hint from the SEC, even in their instant papers, as to why this should be so."

    Suit Versus SEC Clears a Hurdle Chad Bray 2011

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