homogeneous
of the same kind throughout
Roots
- -ous / -ious: full of or marked by a quality
- gen / gener: birth, kind, origin, or producing
- homo-: same
Other words with the gen / gener root
- congenial: pleasant, friendly, or naturally suited
- disingenuous: not candid; pretending to be sincere
- engender: to cause or bring into being
- generate: to produce or bring into being
- heterogeneous: made of different kinds
- ingenuous: innocent and straightforward
Homo gives same and gen gives kind. Homogeneous things are same-kind throughout.
The sample was too homogeneous to represent the whole city.