disparate

/ˈdɪspərɪt/

/ˈdɪspərət/

Other forms: disparately

The trunk of some people's cars may contain items as disparate as old clothes, rotting food, and possibly a missing relative. Disparate things are very different from each other.

Near synonyms are unequal and dissimilar. The adjective disparate is from Latin disparātus, from disparāre "to separate, divide," from the prefix dis- "apart" plus parāre "to prepare." Disparate in the sense of "very different" probably developed by association with the Latin adjective dispar "unequal, different."

Definitions of disparate

1. adjective

   fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
   “such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing”

   “disparate ideas”

   synonyms:

   different

   unlike in nature, quality, form, or degree
2. adjective

   including markedly dissimilar elements
   “a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers”

   synonyms:

   heterogeneous, heterogenous, hybrid

   consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature