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disparate

/ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/
noun
  1. (chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.

adjective
  1. Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.

    "The board of the company was decidedly disparate, with no two members from the same social or economic background."

  2. Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs; also, less properly, utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common genus.

Synonymsincongruous, mismatched, uncoordinated, incommensurable, different, dissimilar

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