When a word is borrowed from another language, it frequently begins by having the same meaning; but with continued use in both languages, the now separate words may accrete disparate connotations.
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Disparate
//ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət//
Synonyms for "disparate" (98 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (49)
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Synonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
2 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- несравним adj (composed of inherently different elements)
- несъизмерим adj (composed of inherently different elements)
Czech
1 entries- nesourodý adj (composed of inherently different elements)
Danish
2 entries- uensartet adj (composed of inherently different elements)
- uhomogen adj (composed of inherently different elements)
Dutch
1 entries- onsamenhangend adj (composed of inherently different elements)
Finnish
2 entries- hajanainen adj (composed of inherently different elements)
- toisenlainen adj (composed of inherently different elements)
French
1 entries- disparate adj (composed of inherently different elements)
Georgian
1 entries- განსხვავებული adj (composed of inherently different elements)
German
4 entries- disparat adj (composed of inherently different elements)
- ungleich adj (composed of inherently different elements)
- ungleichartig adj (composed of inherently different elements)
- verschieden adj (composed of inherently different elements)
Italian
1 entries- disparato adj (composed of inherently different elements)
Japanese
1 entries- 異質な adj (composed of inherently different elements)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- uensartet adj (composed of inherently different elements)
Portuguese
1 entries- disperso adj (composed of inherently different elements)
Russian
2 entries- несоизмеримый adj (composed of inherently different elements)
- несравнимый adj (composed of inherently different elements)
Spanish
3 entries- dispar adj (composed of inherently different elements)
- heterogéneo adj (composed of inherently different elements)
- variado adj (composed of inherently different elements)
Turkish
4 entries- apayrı adj (composed of inherently different elements)
- bambaşka adj (composed of inherently different elements)
- kıyaslanamaz adj (composed of inherently different elements)
- kıyaslanmaz adj (composed of inherently different elements)
Ukrainian
3 entries- відмінний adj (composed of inherently different elements)
- розрізнений adj (composed of inherently different elements)
- різнорідний adj (composed of inherently different elements)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
In a sumptuous conference area at the Ford Foundation headquarters in New York, foundation president Darren Walker told an animated crowd—policymakers and corporate executives as well as NGO representatives and colorfully dressed indigenous leaders from around the world—about his commitment to bring these disparate groups together to save the planet.
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When learning a foreign language, students benefit from reading disparate example sentences.
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The board of the company was decidedly disparate, with no two members from the same social or economic background.
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