disparate

Definitions

dis- (apart) + pār (equal) + -ate = "set apart as unequal" — so different in nature they don't belong together. Pār branch. Often used of a mix of unlike things: a disparate collection of objects.

Common Collocations

• 1.disparate elements迥异的元素
• 2.disparate groups不同的群体
• 3.disparate sources不同的来源
• 4.wildly disparate天差地别

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The committee brought together people from disparate backgrounds.

• 2.

  She wove disparate ideas into a single argument.