heterogeneous

adjective het·ero·ge·neous \ ˌhe-tə-rə-ˈjē-nē-əs , ˌhe-trə- , -nyəs \

Definition of heterogeneous

:consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents :mixed

an ethnically heterogeneous population

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heterogeneously

adverb

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heterogeneousness

noun

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Examples of heterogeneous in a Sentence

the seating in the hall was a heterogeneous collection of old school desk chairs, wood and metal folding chairs, and even a few plush theater seats

Recent Examples of heterogeneous from the Web

Both nationhood-as-race and nationhood-as-ideology seem unlikely to maintain the expansive culture that is crucial for a heterogeneous body politic.

— fred bauer, National Review, "Rebuilding the Public Square after Charlottesville," 18 Aug. 2017
The sheer volume of people already makes this a momentous occasion, but its most special component is less about the size of the crowd, and concerns its heterogeneous nature.

— miamiherald, "Madrid shows its pride," 12 June 2017
These heterogeneous within-industry outcomes lie at the heart of worker disgruntlement with their rapidly changing world,'' according to the annual Business and Finance Outlook.

— jeanna smialek, Bloomberg.com, "How Financial Vulnerability Helped to Curb Global Productivity," 6 June 2017
Still the country’s open-door immigration policy and comparatively heterogeneous culture has led to frictions, sometimes urban unrest, especially in areas where many long-time immigrants feel disempowered.

— matti huuhtanen, Orange County Register, "Sweden identifies truck attack suspect as Uzbek native, 39," 8 Apr. 2017
The one state-two senator formula means that all senators represent constituencies that are more heterogeneous than the districts represented by most House members.

— dp opinion, The Denver Post, "Colorado constituents vs. a cardboard cutout of Sen. Cory Gardner (6 letters)," 4 Mar. 2017
Movies are dying from a lack of the heterogeneous, and Mills’s citations from Jamie’s readings are an admirable attempt at a corrective.

— richard brody, The New Yorker, "Mike Mills’s Too-Sweet “20th Century Women”," 11 Jan. 2017
Some have homogenous populations and others more heterogeneous.

— jon b. alterman, The Atlantic, "When the Middle East Seemed Stable," 5 Jan. 2017
In the case of Egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular.

— oren kessler, WSJ, "The Truth About Egypt’s Revolution," 21 Oct. 2016

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