[ˈdɪsp(ə)rət], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- essentially different in kind; not able to be compared
(e.g: they inhabit disparate worlds of thought)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin disparatus ‘separated’, from the verb disparare, from dis- ‘apart’ + parare ‘to prepare’; influenced in sense by Latin dispar ‘unequal’

[ˈdɪsp(ə)rət], (Noun)

Definitions:
- things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin disparatus ‘separated’, from the verb disparare, from dis- ‘apart’ + parare ‘to prepare’; influenced in sense by Latin dispar ‘unequal’