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" (100 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (30)
discretediscriminateddisjoineddisproportionatedissimilardissonantdistantdistinctdistinguisheddivergentdivergingdiversdiversediversifiedhardly likeheterogeneousill-matchedill-sortedin disagreementinaccordant
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Adjective(7 words)
distinctdivergent goalsdiverseheterogeneous dataheterogeneous mixture componentsincompatible dataincongruent
Verb(1 words)
Related words (50)
incongruousinconsistentinconsonantinharmoniousinsufficientirreconcilableirregularmanymiscellaneousmismatchedmotleymultifariousnonuniformoddoffoffbeatotherotherwiseoutout of proportion
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poles apartpoles asunderscarcely likeseparateseparatedseveralskewskewedunalikeunconformableunequalunevenunidenticalunlikeunmatchedunresemblingunsameunsimilarvariantvariedvariegatedvariousvaryingwidely apartworlds apart
Adjective(5 words)
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More general
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6 entriesdivergent strandsincommensurate componentsinconsistent unitsmisaligned featuresunmatched schemasunrelated domains
Collocations
6 entriesdisparate backgroundsdisparate datasetsdisparate groupsdisparate opinionsdisparate populationsdisparate sources
Inflections
2 entriesmore disparatemost disparate
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
3 entriesSample 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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