🧩 Disparate: The Distance Between This and That
DISPARATE most nearly means: A) homogeneous; B) congruous; C) cohesive; D) dissimilar. Answer inside. 👉️
If two more things are disparate, then there’s some kind of significant gap between them. Disparate tastes in food could refer, for example, to one person liking savory food like roasted meats, another person preferring kale salad and tempeh, and still another who just wants candy.
📚️ Definition of Disparate
Disparate (adjective): Fundamentally different or distinct in kind; so unlike that the things being compared seem to have nothing in common. Example: disparate sources of income.
🗣️ Pronunciation of Disparate
IPA: /ˈdɪs.pər.ət/ (See IPA key)
Phonetic: DIS-puhr-it
📰 Examples of Disparate
Here are some examples of the word disparate:
Since our class had such disparate interests, we couldn’t reach a decision about which book to read together.
During the weekly meeting of the Badminton Club, the board members struggled to reconcile the disparate interests of the players, who wanted more tournaments; the coaches, who wanted the players to do more drills; and the school admin, who wanted the club to do more fundraising.
That smartphone you’ve got in your pocket is a modern supercomputer that unites once-disparate gadgets and software apps—a camera, a compass, a calculator, a telephone, a communicator, a gaming device, and much more.
My friend group thinks we have disparate tastes in music, but in truth, 80% of us are listening to a similar cluster of “cursive singing,” K-pop, and Taylor Swift.
🗣️ Common Collocations of Disparate
A collocation is a group of words often found together in usage, for example figment of one’s imagination, extenuating circumstances, or inclement weather.
disparate elements
disparate groups
disparate sources
widely disparate
seemingly disparate
Quiz answer: D, dissimilar.
Thanks again for learning! Tomorrow, we’ll learn the word that Angela Duckworth made more popular.