Disparate
adjective
Things that are very different from each other.
Their styles of painting are disparate.
Often appears as...
- disparate elements
- disparate groups
adjective
Things that are very different from each other.
Their styles of painting are disparate.
Often appears as...
- disparate elements
- disparate groups
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Pro Tip 1/3Not Interchangeable
Use 'disparate' to emphasize strong difference, not for things that are slightly different.
The twins had disparate interests: one loved ballet, the other astrophysics.
Pro Tip 2/3No Negative Bias
'Disparate' describes difference without suggesting one is better or worse.
Despite their disparate social backgrounds, they treated each other as equals.
Pro Tip 3/3Combine Harmoniously
'Disparate' elements can be brought together in a way that is interesting or attractive.
The festival celebrated the city's culture with music and food from disparate traditions.
Compare with
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Obesity + Hunger = 1...
might actually look for long-term solutions that will make the food system better for everyone we all tend to think that these systems are quite different and people argue whether or not organic can feed the world but if we take a 30-year view there's more hope in collaborative ideas so I'm hoping that by connecting really disparate
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Spectacular, glorious,...
it's a it's a fascinating challenge there is any that this is extreme at togetherness I suppose I'm feeling with the world everything feels like it's uniting and in a particular kind of a way and everything also feels very disparate and so much that's like an extension of our of our ordinary lives
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National Geographic...
much longer period of time some people don't have that they become lactose intolerant yeah this is actually a really nice example I think of how all the technological advances that have happened in the last couple of decades are really bringing people from disparate scientific backgrounds
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Pointing to the future...
Let's do something a little more difficult. Here, we have a whole bunch of disparate images. We can fly around them. So navigation is a fundamental issue. You have to be able to navigate in 3D. Much of what we want computers to help us with in the first place is inherently spatial.
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Music gives voice to the...
doing so to see music assume a functional role beyond mere entertainment the city music project also created an infrastructure for innovation by building a network which previously disparate refugee groups could come together the project also aided in identifying strong visionary
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Thomas Barnett:...
What does this mean? It means you've got to stop pretending you can do these two very disparate skill sets with the same 19-year-old. Switching back, morning, afternoon, evening, morning, afternoon, evening. Handing out aid, shooting back, handing out aid, shooting back.
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Nora The Piano Playing...
a room full of disparate cats prior to the music being played the cats displayed behavior that was aggressive or agitated some hissed or struck out while others took refuge in the corner of the room one even hid herself in a litter tray but once the music started
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Laurie Garrett: What can...
The federal government abdicated most responsibility. And so we ended up with this wild patchwork of regulations all over America. Every city, county, state did their own thing. And the rules and the belief systems were wildly disparate.
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What Wikipedia Teaches...
or the spread of a pandemic around the world. These are useful tools in our toolbox, but they don't necessarily alone change minds or unite disparate views. So how do we do that? We shift from focusing on one key truth
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How Twitter needs to...
on the same topic versus disparate. The second one is called shared reality, and this is what percentage of the conversation shares the same facts -- not whether those facts are truthful or not,
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Obesity + Hunger = 1...
might actually look for long-term solutions that will make the food system better for everyone we all tend to think that these systems are quite different and people argue whether or not organic can feed the world but if we take a 30-year view there's more hope in collaborative ideas so I'm hoping that by connecting really disparate
Video examples
Spectacular, glorious,...
it's a it's a fascinating challenge there is any that this is extreme at togetherness I suppose I'm feeling with the world everything feels like it's uniting and in a particular kind of a way and everything also feels very disparate and so much that's like an extension of our of our ordinary lives
Video examples
National Geographic...
much longer period of time some people don't have that they become lactose intolerant yeah this is actually a really nice example I think of how all the technological advances that have happened in the last couple of decades are really bringing people from disparate scientific backgrounds
Video examples
Pointing to the future...
Let's do something a little more difficult. Here, we have a whole bunch of disparate images. We can fly around them. So navigation is a fundamental issue. You have to be able to navigate in 3D. Much of what we want computers to help us with in the first place is inherently spatial.
Video examples
Music gives voice to the...
doing so to see music assume a functional role beyond mere entertainment the city music project also created an infrastructure for innovation by building a network which previously disparate refugee groups could come together the project also aided in identifying strong visionary
Video examples
Thomas Barnett:...
What does this mean? It means you've got to stop pretending you can do these two very disparate skill sets with the same 19-year-old. Switching back, morning, afternoon, evening, morning, afternoon, evening. Handing out aid, shooting back, handing out aid, shooting back.
Video examples
Nora The Piano Playing...
a room full of disparate cats prior to the music being played the cats displayed behavior that was aggressive or agitated some hissed or struck out while others took refuge in the corner of the room one even hid herself in a litter tray but once the music started
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Laurie Garrett: What can...
The federal government abdicated most responsibility. And so we ended up with this wild patchwork of regulations all over America. Every city, county, state did their own thing. And the rules and the belief systems were wildly disparate.
Video examples
What Wikipedia Teaches...
or the spread of a pandemic around the world. These are useful tools in our toolbox, but they don't necessarily alone change minds or unite disparate views. So how do we do that? We shift from focusing on one key truth
Video examples
How Twitter needs to...
on the same topic versus disparate. The second one is called shared reality, and this is what percentage of the conversation shares the same facts -- not whether those facts are truthful or not,
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Aaron Koblin
American Artist
The truth is I'm not actually an expert programmer! I really don't consider myself to be an expert at anything. For me, it's more about having a well-rounded and broad horizon. I think that's where a lot of the more interesting things come from - mashing up completely disparate aspects of life to create something new and original.
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Alex Tizon
Filipino Author
The idea that humanity is divided into these separate and distinct and disparate groups with clear boundaries has been disproven by science a long time ago, decades ago. Humanity really is more of a continuum, and that people belong on the same continuum and there are no clear breaks between these so-called races.
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Stacey Abrams
American Politician
At any given moment, we each face a barrage of obligations, often disparate and distinct from what we thought would happen when we woke up. From the tragic to the common to the extraordinary, life refuses to be divvied up into careful slices of time. No technology can manage to overcome the realities of reality.
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Ben Bernanke
American Public Servant
The public in many countries is understandably concerned by the commitment of substantial government resources to aid the financial industry when other industries receive little or no assistance. This disparate treatment, unappealing as it is, appears unavoidable.
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Marya Hornbacher
American Author
It's really interesting to me how all of us can experience the exact same event, and yet come away with wildly disparate interpretations of what happened. We each have totally different ideas of what was said, what was intended, and what really took place.
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Paul DePodesta
American Businessman
In disciplines as disparate as baseball, financial services, trucking and retail, people are realizing the power of data to help make better decisions.
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Jeff Perry
American Actor
Actors usually respond to minor aspects of their own character or things that even feel disparate from themselves.
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Stephen R. George
Canadian Author
Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch.
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James Cameron
American Director
The films that influenced me were so disparate that there's almost no pattern.
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Natasha Rothwell
American Actress
It was really important to me to explore how disparate people are connected.
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Aaron Koblin
American Artist
The truth is I'm not actually an expert programmer! I really don't consider myself to be an expert at anything. For me, it's more about having a well-rounded and broad horizon. I think that's where a lot of the more interesting things come from - mashing up completely disparate aspects of life to create something new and original.
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Alex Tizon
Filipino Author
The idea that humanity is divided into these separate and distinct and disparate groups with clear boundaries has been disproven by science a long time ago, decades ago. Humanity really is more of a continuum, and that people belong on the same continuum and there are no clear breaks between these so-called races.
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Stacey Abrams
American Politician
At any given moment, we each face a barrage of obligations, often disparate and distinct from what we thought would happen when we woke up. From the tragic to the common to the extraordinary, life refuses to be divvied up into careful slices of time. No technology can manage to overcome the realities of reality.
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Ben Bernanke
American Public Servant
The public in many countries is understandably concerned by the commitment of substantial government resources to aid the financial industry when other industries receive little or no assistance. This disparate treatment, unappealing as it is, appears unavoidable.
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Marya Hornbacher
American Author
It's really interesting to me how all of us can experience the exact same event, and yet come away with wildly disparate interpretations of what happened. We each have totally different ideas of what was said, what was intended, and what really took place.
Quote examples
Paul DePodesta
American Businessman
In disciplines as disparate as baseball, financial services, trucking and retail, people are realizing the power of data to help make better decisions.
Quote examples
Jeff Perry
American Actor
Actors usually respond to minor aspects of their own character or things that even feel disparate from themselves.
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Stephen R. George
Canadian Author
Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch.
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James Cameron
American Director
The films that influenced me were so disparate that there's almost no pattern.
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Natasha Rothwell
American Actress
It was really important to me to explore how disparate people are connected.
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