disparate

Borrowed from Middle French desparat, from Latin disparātus, past participle of disparō (“to divide”), from dis- (“apart”) + parō (“to make equal”), from par (“equal”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/, /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹɪt/[1]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈspɛɹət/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈspæɹət/[2]

disparate (comparative more disparate, superlative most disparate)

1. Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.

   The board of the company was decidedly disparate, with no two members from the same social or economic background.

2. Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs; also, less properly, utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common genus.
   • 1898, John Wesley Powell, Truth and Error:

     Then disparate sense impressions come to disparate organs, as light to the eye, taste to the mouth, etc.

   • 1912, Bertrand Russel, The Philosophy of Bergson:

     M. Bergson’s philosophy, unlike most of the systems of the past, is dualistic: the world, for him, is divided into two disparate portions, on the one hand life, on the other matter, or rather that inert something which the intellect views as matter.

• (composed of distinct elements): incongruous, mismatched, uncoordinated
• (markedly different): different, dissimilar, unalike
• (incapable of being compared): incommensurable

• dispair
• disparately
• disparateness
• disparity

• disparate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• disparate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

disparate (plural disparates)

1. (chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.

• aspirated

Borrowed from Latin disparātus, past participle of to divide, from dis- (“apart”) + to make equal, from par (“equal”).

• IPA^(key): /dispaʁat/

disparate (plural disparates)

1. disparate; incongruous

• “disparate” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

disparate

1. inflection of disparat:
   1. strong and mixed nominative and accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative and accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine and neuter singular

disparate

1. feminine plural of disparato

• derapasti
• disperata

disparāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of disparō

Back-formation from disparatar or from Spanish disparate.

disparate m (plural disparates)

1. nonsense (meaningless words or actions)

   Synonyms: asneira, dislate

   Você fala um disparate, meu amigo.

   You speak nonsense, my friend.

2. Great amount; a lot

   O povo recebia um disparate de turistas no verão.

   The town was deluged with tourists in summer.

From disparatar.

• IPA^(key): /dispaˈɾate/, [d̪ispaˈɾat̪e]

disparate m (plural disparates)

1. nonsense (meaningless words or actions)
   • 2010, Alberto Lema, "Sidecar", tr. by Iris Cochón, publ. by Caballo de Troya (Random House).

     — […] Y todo ese disparate sobre la supuesta infinitud de las personas; cuanto más sabes más quieres saber, más sabes que no sabes, etc.; es una estupidez.

     And all that hogwash about the supposed infinity of people; the more you know the more you want to know, the more you know that you don't know, etc.; it's all silliness.

   Synonym: dislate

2. a great amount; a lot
3. crazy idea

• “disparate” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.