1. fundamentally different in kind; having no similarity or connection

Examples

• The study compared disparate groups of students from different backgrounds.
• Her disparate interests included quantum physics and medieval poetry.
• The committee struggled to unite disparate viewpoints into a coherent policy.
• These disparate pieces of evidence don’t seem to form a clear pattern.
• The merger brought together disparate companies with very different cultures.
• Critics argued that the proposal combined disparate elements that didn’t belong together.