disparate

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind

- such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing

- disparate ideas

Similar word(s): different

2. including markedly dissimilar elements

- a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers

Similar word(s): heterogeneous, heterogenous

Sentences with disparate as an adjective:

- The board of the company was decidedly disparate – no two members from the same social or economic background.

noun

1. (chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.