MEANING
So different in kind or character that they do not readily form a uniform group.
Use it for
comparing sources that differ substantially in kind; describing varied findings that resist a single account; distinguishing heterogeneity from logical contradictionDescribes substantial difference in kind without asserting contradiction or incompatibility. Academic functions: Comparison / Contrast.
Words that belong together
- disparate sources
- disparate findings
- disparate groups
On the page
The review draws on disparate sources whose purposes and methods are not directly comparable.
A shared label can conceal the disparate experiences of the groups it includes.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- disparate
Usage notes
Attributive or predicative. More disparate and most disparate are natural. Register: formal. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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