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disparate
/ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
adjective
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."
Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs; also, less properly, utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common genus.
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