ETYM Latin disparatus, p. p. of disparare to part, separate; dis- + parare to make ready, prepare.
1. Fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind.
2. Including markedly dissimilar elements.
3. Fundamentally different; unequal.
1. Not suitable to one's tastes or needs; SYN. incompatible.
2. Used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted.
1. Not equal in amount; SYN. unequal.
2. Not like; marked by dissimilarity; SYN. dissimilar, different.
In markedly different form, dissimilarly, differently, distinctly