Disparate

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  • adjective. Fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar.
  • adjective. Containing or composed of dissimilar or opposing elements.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs; also, less properly, utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common genus.
  • noun. One of two or more things or characters of different species; something that is opposite but not contrary.
  • In the psychology of sensation, belonging to or derived from different senses (said of sensations); appealing to different senses (said of stimuli).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Unequal; dissimilar; separate.
  • adjective. Pertaining to two coördinate species or divisions.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
  • adjective. Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs; also, less properly, utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common genus.
  • noun. Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. including markedly dissimilar elements
  • adjective. fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  • Word Usage
    "And that includes these firefighters who paid the price and took the test and did real well and should have had the job but were stopped from getting the job because the mayor and others were afraid they would be sued for what you call disparate impact."
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