Unequal, essentially unalike so that the incapable of being compared with each other.
If it is that difficult to manage an interest rate for the disparate regions of a single national economy, will it not be impossible to manage one for the vastly disparate regions of the whole of the European Union?
Philip Hammond, Commons Hansard, 16 October 2003. Commons Hansard
In the case of Picasso and Matisse, there's the added fascination of two giants whose respective claims to the Best Painter award involve sharply disparate talents, temperaments, and philosophies.
Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 3 March 2003. The New Yorker
His meticulous attention to the details of Turkish daily life - especially the preparation and serving of food - and to the nonverbal interaction of people from disparate cultures enriches an unusual story of spiritual transformation.
James Keller, The New Yorker, 8 February 1999. The New Yorker
London fashion week, which began at the weekend, can truly lay claim to being a broad church with many disparate worshippers.
Imogen Fox, The Guardian, 17 September 2007. Guardian
Two of these disparate Borises, charmed joker and erring husband, came awkwardly together when he used a typically joke-toff (if atypically opaque) metaphor - 'an inverted pyramid of piffle' - to respond to accusations of infidelity.
Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 16 September 2007. The Observer
"I searched through rebellion, drugs, diets, mysticism, religions, intellectualism and much more, only to begin to find that truth is basically simple - and feels good, clean and right" - Chick Corea