Definition of DISPARITY

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different, diverse, divergent, disparate, various mean unlike in kind or character. different may imply little more than separateness but it may also imply contrast or contrariness. different foods diverse implies both distinctness and marked contrast. such diverse interests as dancing and football divergent implies movement away from each other and unlikelihood of ultimate meeting or reconciliation. went on to pursue divergent careers disparate emphasizes incongruity or incompatibility. disparate notions of freedom various stresses the number of sorts or kinds. tried various methods

Examples of disparate in a Sentence

First during the nineteen-seventies, but with increasing momentum during the eighties, a loose community of physics researchers had begun to postulate that the disparate small particles that we learned about in high-school science class—electrons, for instance—were actually the varied vibrations of tiny open and closed looped strings. — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 21 July 2008 The American border with Mexico is among the most economically disparate intersections in the world, but the cities on either side of the port looked almost identical—a spread of humble brick and cinder-block homes dotting a blanket of brown hills. — Cecilia Balli, Harper's, October 2006 I made the French lemon cream tart that Greenspan credits to Hermé and got disparate reactions. An American friend loved its creaminess and felt it had a comfortingly familiar texture; a British friend … said he missed the traditional sharp, gel-like custard. — Tamasin Day-Lewis, Saveur, November 2006 Like these imagined cities, identical twins are identical only in their blueprints. By the time they are born, they are already disparate in countless neurological and physiological ways that mostly we cannot see. — Frank J. Sulloway, New York Review, 30 Nov. 2006 The plan, as near as anybody outside Yahoo can make out, is to stitch all those disparate organizations into one huge Frankenstein's monster of a search engine that will strike terror into the hearts of all who behold it. — Lev Grossman, Time, 22 Dec. 2003 disparate notions among adults and adolescents about when middle age begins

Recent Examples on the Web The group conducted 94 tests and found that potential renters received disparate treatment in 26 of the cases. — oregonlive, "2 Democrats call for Oregon to step up its enforcement of housing discrimination laws," 23 Jan. 2020 Hammond thinks the Johnson & Johnson verdict could have two disparate effects on pending litigation. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, "Drugmakers' liability for opioid crisis could reach $150 billion," 29 Aug. 2019 Piecing together seemingly disparate actions happening in real-time across geographical locations will allow the nation to defend itself, said Robby Mook, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager in 2016. — Author: Christina A. Cassidy, Anchorage Daily News, "States are on front lines of 2020 election-security efforts," 27 Dec. 2019 Piecing together seemingly disparate actions happening in real-time across geographical locations will allow the nation to defend itself, said Robby Mook, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager in 2016. — Christina A. Cassidy, The Denver Post, "States are on front lines of 2020 election-security efforts," 26 Dec. 2019 One theme connects these seemingly disparate issues across all countries. — Jessie Yeung, CNN, "Young people across Asia pushed for change in 2019. Meet five of them," 25 Dec. 2019 The majority of the album is populated by covers of holiday-adjacent songs originally recorded by artists as disparate as Dolly Parton, Scritti Politti and Jack White. — Sal Cinquemani, Billboard, "21 Best Christmas Albums of the 21st Century," 17 Dec. 2019 Both had robust careers pre-Mad, with Reiser familiar to stand-up comedy fans, viewers of My Two Dads, and on the big screen in films as disparate as Diner and Aliens. — Sarah Rodman, EW.com, "Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt on easing back into Mad About You," 20 Nov. 2019 Energetic legalization efforts are continuing in countries as disparate as New Zealand, India, the United Kingdom, and Italy. — Wesley J. Smith, National Review, "Dark Anniversary: The State of Assisted Suicide 25 Years after Measure 16," 19 Nov. 2019

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