The British saw no way that Malaya's disparate collection of states and races could become a nation, let alone an independent one.

Meaning that even with the arms, I suggest you would remain a loosely connected but disparate collection of units.

A large and disparate collection of maps, plans and architectural drawings.

Formerly a disparate collection of enthusiastic amateurs, it became a profession with its own cutting edge.

They are a very disparate collection, academics like Atasco, financiers, politicians.

Her new home for two years was a disparate collection of mud and thatch-roofed huts.

What could have brought such a disparate collection of performers together?

Mr. Parker, for his part, seems happy with his disparate collection of investors.

Such a disparate collection, stored away so tidily, could not be anything else in the Tower.

This disparate collection means that the rules are too complex, difficult to transpose into national legislation and often obsolete.