See Also: disparate(medicine)
disparate(dictionary)
disparate(dictionary)

disparate (iou)



disparate adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin disparatus pa. pple of disparare separate, formed as DIS- 1 + parare prepare. In use often assoc. with Latin dispar unequal (cf. DISPARITY).]
A. adjective.
Essentially different or diverse in kind, unlike; incommensurable, without comparison or relation; composed of elements of this kind. LME.
E. Jones I can perceive a connexion between these apparently disparate topics. M. Edwardes These problems faced a disparate group of people.
Unequal. M18.
F. W. Farrar His authority was in no way disparate with theirs.
b. noun. A disparate thing or person; esp. in pl., things so unlike that there is no basis for their comparison. L16.
disparately adverb L19.
disparateness noun M17.