disparate en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/ (US)
- /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹɪt/ (UK)
- /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/ (UK)
- /dɪˈspæɹət/ (US)
- /dɪˈspɛɹət/ (US)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin parō Latin disparō Latin disparātusder. Middle French desparatbor. ▲ Latin disparātusbor. English disparate First attested in 1586; either borrowed from Middle French desparat or directly from Latin disparātus, perfect passive participle of disparō (“to divide”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from dis- (“apart”) + parō (“to arrange”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”) and the root *per- (“carry forth”).
Meanings
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Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
Although third-rail operation in the region dates back more than a century, it was in the 1970s that tunnels under Liverpool's city centre opened to bring together previously disparate routes.
2023 February 8, Tony Streeter, “Kirkdale: home to Merseyrail's new '777s'”, in RAIL, number 976, page 36:The London Transport Museum was established, from disparate collections, at Covent Garden in 1980.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 269:The board of the company was decidedly disparate, with no two members from the same social or economic background.
- Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs.
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Utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common ground.
M. Bergson’s philosophy, unlike most of the systems of the past, is dualistic: the world, for him, is divided into two disparate portions, on the one hand life, on the other matter, or rather that inert something which the intellect views as matter.
1912, Bertrand Russell, The Philosophy of Bergson:Then disparate sense impressions come to disparate organs, as light to the eye, taste to the mouth, etc.
1898, John Wesley Powell, Truth and Error:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most disparate | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more disparate | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
disparately · disparity · disparateness · dispair
Synonyms
dissimilar · uncoordinated · mismatched · incommensurable · different · unalike · incongruous
Translations (32)
uk розрізнений (composed of inherently different elements) · es dispar (composed of inherently different elements) · bg несъизмерим (composed of inherently different elements) · ru несоизмеримый (composed of inherently different elements) · es variado (composed of inherently different elements) · tr kıyaslanamaz (composed of inherently different elements) · tr bambaşka (composed of inherently different elements) · ja 異質な (composed of inherently different elements) · es disparejo (composed of inherently different elements) · it disparato (composed of inherently different elements) · es discrepante (composed of inherently different elements) · pt disperso (composed of inherently different elements) · cs nesourodý (composed of inherently different elements) · da uensartet (composed of inherently different elements) · de verschieden (composed of inherently different elements) · es heterogéneo (composed of inherently different elements) · nb uensartet (composed of inherently different elements) · tr kıyaslanmaz (composed of inherently different elements) · de ungleichartig (composed of inherently different elements) · nl onsamenhangend (composed of inherently different elements) · bg несравним (composed of inherently different elements) · ka განსხვავებული (composed of inherently different elements) · fi toisenlainen (composed of inherently different elements) · de disparat (composed of inherently different elements) · fr disparate (composed of inherently different elements) · fi hajanainen (composed of inherently different elements) · ru несравнимый (composed of inherently different elements) · uk відмінний (composed of inherently different elements) · tr apayrı (composed of inherently different elements) · uk різнорідний (composed of inherently different elements) · de ungleich (composed of inherently different elements) · da uhomogen (composed of inherently different elements)