heterogeneous
adjective
het·ero·ge·neous
ˌhe-tə-rə-ˈjēn-yəs 
ˌhe-trə-,
-ˈjē-nē-əs
: consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed
an ethnically heterogeneous population
heterogeneously
adverb
heterogeneousness
noun
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Examples of heterogeneous in a Sentence
the seating in the hall was a heterogeneous collection of old school desk chairs, wood and metal folding chairs, and even a few plush theater seats
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Over time, the adequacy of these labels has further eroded as Asian Americans and Latino/as have become even more heterogeneous.
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Jane Hong / Made By History, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Expect to see a move toward a more heterogeneous security stack that will enable organizations to avoid single points of failure, balance risk and sidestep vendor lock-in.
—Mike Wilson, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
For example, recent research from Yan Lu, Narayan Y Naik, and Melvyn Teo shows that hedge fund teams with heterogeneous educational backgrounds, academic specializations, work experiences, genders, and races outperform homogeneous teams after adjusting for risk and fund characteristics.
—Bhakti Mirchandani, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Though summits seek to govern relations among heterogeneous countries, they are tacitly ruled by a homogeneous set of ideologies and incentives.
—Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
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Jane Hong / Made By History, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Expect to see a move toward a more heterogeneous security stack that will enable organizations to avoid single points of failure, balance risk and sidestep vendor lock-in.
—Mike Wilson, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
For example, recent research from Yan Lu, Narayan Y Naik, and Melvyn Teo shows that hedge fund teams with heterogeneous educational backgrounds, academic specializations, work experiences, genders, and races outperform homogeneous teams after adjusting for risk and fund characteristics.
—Bhakti Mirchandani, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Though summits seek to govern relations among heterogeneous countries, they are tacitly ruled by a homogeneous set of ideologies and incentives.
—Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
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heterogeneous
adjective
het·ero·ge·neous
ˌhet-ə-rə-ˈjē-nē-əs, ˌhe-trə-, -nyəs
: not uniform in structure or composition
tumors which have a heterogeneous composition by reason of structure and presence of necrosis—Year Book of Endocrinology
Year Book of Endocrinology
heterogeneously
adverb
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