/ ˈdɪspərət; NAmE / adjective ( formal )
1.
made up of parts or people that are very different from each other :
a disparate group of individuals
2.
( of two or more things ) so different from each other that they cannot be compared or cannot work together
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WORD 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.