disparate

adjective

dis·pa·rate ˈdi-sp(ə-)rət How to pronounce disparate (audio)

di-ˈsper-ət,

-ˈspa-rət

: markedly distinct in quality or character

: containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements

disparately adverb

disparateness noun

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Have you ever tried to sort differing objects into separate categories? If so, you're well prepared to understand the origins of disparate. The word, which first appeared in English in the 16th century, derives from disparatus, the past participle of the Latin verb disparare, meaning "to separate." Disparare, in turn, comes from parare, a verb meaning "to prepare." Other descendants of parare in English include both separate and prepare, as well as repair, apparatus, and even vituperate ("to criticize harshly and usually publicly"). Disparate also functions as a noun. The noun, which is rare and usually used in the plural, means "one of two or more things so unequal or unlike that they cannot be compared with each other," as in "The yoking of disparates, the old and the new, continues to be a [poet Anne] Carson strategy" (Daisy Fried, The New York Times, 21 Apr. 2013).

Example Sentences

First during the nineteen-seventies, but with increasing momentum during the eighties, a loose community of physics researchers had begun to postulate that the disparate small particles that we learned about in high-school science class—electrons, for instance—were actually the varied vibrations of tiny open and closed looped strings.

Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 21 July 2008 The American border with Mexico is among the most economically disparate intersections in the world, but the cities on either side of the port looked almost identical—a spread of humble brick and cinder-block homes dotting a blanket of brown hills.

Cecilia Balli, Harper's, October 2006 I made the French lemon cream tart that Greenspan credits to Hermé and got disparate reactions. An American friend loved its creaminess and felt it had a comfortingly familiar texture; a British friend … said he missed the traditional sharp, gel-like custard.

Tamasin Day-Lewis, Saveur, November 2006 Like these imagined cities, identical twins are identical only in their blueprints. By the time they are born, they are already disparate in countless neurological and physiological ways that mostly we cannot see.

Frank J. Sulloway, New York Review, 30 Nov. 2006 The plan, as near as anybody outside Yahoo can make out, is to stitch all those disparate organizations into one huge Frankenstein's monster of a search engine that will strike terror into the hearts of all who behold it.

Lev Grossman, Time, 22 Dec. 2003 disparate notions among adults and adolescents about when middle age begins See More

Recent Examples on the Web But even if the deal closes successfully, airline mergers are notoriously difficult, requiring the melding of unions, sometimes antiquated and incompatible computer systems, mismatched fleets of aircraft and disparate company cultures.

New York Times, 28 July 2022 Break Rotten Tomatoes ratings down by season, and scores are even more inconsistent and disparate.

Amanda Ostuni, EW.com, 28 June 2022 Cybersecurity has undergone a seismic shift in the last two years as digital transformation initiatives were fast-tracked, the workforce became more disparate and threat actors continuously evolved their tactics.

Andrew Hollister, Forbes, 6 May 2022 Democrats are campaigning from behind Florida, with its diverse and disparate communities spread across a half dozen major television markets, is a notoriously costly state to mount a campaign.

Steve Contorno, CNN, 8 Apr. 2022 These are a very disparate and disunited bunch of business executives, state officials, local political bosses opportunistically grouped in the United Russia Party and even to some extent loyal media figures and intellectuals.

Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022 One person, and one person alone, deserves credit for turning this into something bigger than the sum of its disparate, conflicting parts, and occasionally launching it into the stratosphere.

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2021 Even with its disparate and diverse references, the Gucci collection came together thanks to Michele’s magpie eye.

Steff Yotka, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2021 In the past year, Buffalo has been back in the national spotlight for two disparate but connected reasons.

Keeanga-yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2021 See More

disparate

adjective

as in diverse

being not of the same kind disparate notions among adults and adolescents about when middle age begins

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Some common synonyms of disparate are different, divergent, diverse, and various. While all these words mean "unlike in kind or character," disparate emphasizes incongruity or incompatibility.

disparate notions of freedom

The words different and disparate are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, different may imply little more than separateness but it may also imply contrast or contrariness.

different foods

In some situations, the words divergent and disparate are roughly equivalent. However, divergent implies movement away from each other and unlikelihood of ultimate meeting or reconciliation.

went on to pursue divergent careers

While the synonyms diverse and disparate are close in meaning, diverse implies both distinctness and marked contrast.

such diverse interests as dancing and football

While in some cases nearly identical to disparate, various stresses the number of sorts or kinds.

tried various methods

单词	disparate
释义	disparate adjective dis·pa·rate ˈdi-sp(ə-)rət di-ˈsper-ət, -ˈspa-rət 1 : markedly distinct in quality or character 2 : containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements disparately adverb disparateness noun Did you know? Have you ever tried to sort differing objects into separate categories? If so, you're well prepared to understand the origins of disparate. The word, which first appeared in English in the 16th century, derives from disparatus, the past participle of the Latin verb disparare, meaning "to separate." Disparare, in turn, comes from parare, a verb meaning "to prepare." Other descendants of parare in English include both separate and prepare, as well as repair, apparatus, and even vituperate ("to criticize harshly and usually publicly"). Disparate also functions as a noun. The noun, which is rare and usually used in the plural, means "one of two or more things so unequal or unlike that they cannot be compared with each other," as in "The yoking of disparates, the old and the new, continues to be a [poet Anne] Carson strategy" (Daisy Fried, The New York Times, 21 Apr. 2013). Synonyms different dissimilar distant distinct distinctive distinguishable diverse nonidentical other unalike unlike See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences First during the nineteen-seventies, but with increasing momentum during the eighties, a loose community of physics researchers had begun to postulate that the disparate small particles that we learned about in high-school science class—electrons, for instance—were actually the varied vibrations of tiny open and closed looped strings. Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 21 July 2008 The American border with Mexico is among the most economically disparate intersections in the world, but the cities on either side of the port looked almost identical—a spread of humble brick and cinder-block homes dotting a blanket of brown hills. Cecilia Balli, Harper's, October 2006 I made the French lemon cream tart that Greenspan credits to Hermé and got disparate reactions. An American friend loved its creaminess and felt it had a comfortingly familiar texture; a British friend … said he missed the traditional sharp, gel-like custard. Tamasin Day-Lewis, Saveur, November 2006 Like these imagined cities, identical twins are identical only in their blueprints. By the time they are born, they are already disparate in countless neurological and physiological ways that mostly we cannot see. Frank J. Sulloway, New York Review, 30 Nov. 2006 The plan, as near as anybody outside Yahoo can make out, is to stitch all those disparate organizations into one huge Frankenstein's monster of a search engine that will strike terror into the hearts of all who behold it. Lev Grossman, Time, 22 Dec. 2003 disparate notions among adults and adolescents about when middle age begins See More Recent Examples on the Web But even if the deal closes successfully, airline mergers are notoriously difficult, requiring the melding of unions, sometimes antiquated and incompatible computer systems, mismatched fleets of aircraft and disparate company cultures. New York Times, 28 July 2022 Break Rotten Tomatoes ratings down by season, and scores are even more inconsistent and disparate. Amanda Ostuni, EW.com, 28 June 2022 Cybersecurity has undergone a seismic shift in the last two years as digital transformation initiatives were fast-tracked, the workforce became more disparate and threat actors continuously evolved their tactics. Andrew Hollister, Forbes, 6 May 2022 Democrats are campaigning from behind Florida, with its diverse and disparate communities spread across a half dozen major television markets, is a notoriously costly state to mount a campaign. Steve Contorno, CNN, 8 Apr. 2022 These are a very disparate and disunited bunch of business executives, state officials, local political bosses opportunistically grouped in the United Russia Party and even to some extent loyal media figures and intellectuals. Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022 One person, and one person alone, deserves credit for turning this into something bigger than the sum of its disparate, conflicting parts, and occasionally launching it into the stratosphere. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2021 Even with its disparate and diverse references, the Gucci collection came together thanks to Michele’s magpie eye. Steff Yotka, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2021 In the past year, Buffalo has been back in the national spotlight for two disparate but connected reasons. Keeanga-yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2021 See More Word History Etymology borrowed from Latin disparātus "separate, distinct," from past participle of disparāre "to divide, separate off, make different," from dis- dis- + parāre "to supply, provide, make ready" (influenced in sense by association with dispar-, dispār "unequal, different") — more at pare First Known Use 1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Medical Definition disparate adjective dis·pa·rate dis-ˈpar-ət ˈdis-p(ə-)rət : indicating or stimulating dissimilar points on the retina of each eye disparate adjective as in diverse being not of the same kind disparate notions among adults and adolescents about when middle age begins Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance diverse different distinctive distinct dissimilar varied distinguishable other various divergent several distant mixed unlike unalike nonidentical miscellaneous sundry differentiable alternative divers individual variant alternate unequal disproportionate single discriminable particular peculiar Antonyms & Near Antonyms similar same parallel identical kindred indistinguishable like related equal kin comparable alike analogous equivalent homogeneous selfsame homogenous uniform homologous tantamount akin homological See More Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of disparate are different, divergent, diverse, and various. While all these words mean "unlike in kind or character," disparate emphasizes incongruity or incompatibility. disparate notions of freedom The words different and disparate are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, different may imply little more than separateness but it may also imply contrast or contrariness. different foods In some situations, the words divergent and disparate are roughly equivalent. However, divergent implies movement away from each other and unlikelihood of ultimate meeting or reconciliation. went on to pursue divergent careers While the synonyms diverse and disparate are close in meaning, diverse implies both distinctness and marked contrast. such diverse interests as dancing and football While in some cases nearly identical to disparate, various stresses the number of sorts or kinds. tried various methods
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