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disparate
Meaning: markedly different in kind, essentially unrelated
disparate in a sentence
How disparate is used in real sentences:
The committee struggled to merge such disparate proposals into one plan.
Historians noted that the empire's disparate provinces shared almost nothing in language, custom, or law.
“Later commissions confronted disparate maps, based on unrelated surveys and incompatible reference points, while each nation blamed the other's guile for cunningly drawn charts that favored its claim.”
— from the passage Where the River Moved
Synonyms for disparate
Other words for disparate — dissimilar, unlike and divergent — carry the same meaning.
- dissimilar
- unlike
- divergent
Antonyms of disparate
Words that mean the opposite of disparate:
- similar
- alike
- uniform
Where it comes from
From Latin disparare 'to separate'
Memory hook
DIS-PARATE — 'dis' (not) plus 'par' (equal) — not equal, not alike.