Disparate
ˈdɪspərɪt
adjective
fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar
The word 'disparate' emphasizes the stark differences between things, often highlighting contrasting elements or characteristics. It can be used to describe things that are fundamentally distinct from each other.
See how J. K. Rowling, James Joyce and 2 other authors use "disparate", with its meaning, pronunciation and real book examples.
Examples from books
I watch the disparate fragments float up and disappear, without comment.
Haruki Murakami
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
They are clearly from disparate social classes.
Neal Stephenson
Snow Crash
Approaching, disparate, at relaxed walking pace they crossed both the circus before George’s church diametrically, the chord in any circle being less than the arc which it subtends.
James Joyce
Ulysses
which means, of course, that assuming we have achieved correct identification of the potion’s ingredients by Scarpin’s Revelaspell, our primary aim is not the relatively simple one of selecting antidotes to those ingredients in and of themselves, but to find that added component that will, by an almost alchemical process, transform these disparate elements —” Ron was sitting beside Harry with his mouth half open, doodling absently on his new copy of Advanced Potion-Making.
J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
