disparate

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dis·pa·rate / ˈdispərit; diˈsparit/ • adj. essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison: they inhabit disparate worlds of thought. ∎  containing elements very different from one another: a culturally disparate country.• n. (disparates) archaic things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison.DERIVATIVES: dis·pa·rate·ly adv.dis·pa·rate·ness n.

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