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adjective

Disparate adj.

Unequal; dissimilar; separate. "Connecting disparate thoughts, purely by means of resemblances in the words expressing them."

(Logic) Pertaining to two coordinate species or divisions.

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Etymology of 'Disparate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Disparate" Quotes from Famous Books

... incipient contractures that drain off energy can be relaxed by fiat. Sandow's "muscle dance," the differentiation of movements of the right and left hand—one, e.g., writing a French madrigal while the other is drawing a picture of a country dance, or each playing tunes of disparate rhythm and character simultaneously on the piano—controlling heart rate, moving the ears, crying, laughing, blushing, moving the bowels, etc., at will, feats of inhibition of reflexes, stunts of all kinds, proficiency with many tools, ...

— Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene • G. Stanley Hall

... street in which I lived," he writes, {218c} "seeing such numbers of these strange females continually passing in and out, were struck with astonishment, and demanded the reason. The answers which they obtained by no means satisfied them. 'Zeal for the conversion of souls—the souls too of Gitanas,—disparate! the fellow is a scoundrel. Besides he is an Englishman, and is not baptised; what cares he for souls? They visit him for other purposes. He makes base ounces, which they carry away and circulate. Madrid is already stocked with false money.' Others were of the opinion that we ...

— The Life of George Borrow • Herbert Jenkins

Words linked to "Disparate" : disparity, disparateness, heterogeneous, heterogenous