disparate

1. 1.

   fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind

   “such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing”

   “disparate ideas”

   Similardifferent
2. 2.

   including markedly dissimilar elements

   “a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers”

   Similarheterogeneous

Questions about disparate

What does disparate mean?

disparate means "fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in disparate?

disparate has 3 syllables: dis-pa-rate. The stress falls on "dis". In IPA it is /ˈdɪspɚɪt/.

Is disparate a common word?

disparate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.