Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Disparate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
"The museum curator struggled to create a cohesive exhibit from such disparate artifacts ranging from ancient pottery to modern digital screens."
fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
"such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing"
"disparate ideas"
including markedly dissimilar elements
"a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers"
Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
"The committee struggled to reach a consensus because the group was made up of such disparate members from vastly different backgrounds and ideologies."