adjective
- distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
adjective
- utterly different or distinct in kind
noun
- (plural) unlike things or people
c.1600, “unlike in kind,” from Latin disparatus, past participle of disparare “divide, separate,” from dis- “apart” (see dis-) + parare “get ready, prepare” (see pare); meaning influenced by Latin dispar “unequal, unlike.” Related: Disparately; disparateness.