disproportionate
disproportionate
Definition
dis·pro·por·tion·ate (--s̸hə nət)
adjective
not proportionate; not in proportion
dis′·pro·por′·tion·ately adverb
disproportionate
Synonyms
disproportionate
modif.
disproportionate
Usage Examples
Object
- rosin: Polymerized Rosin Factory: Hung Kuk products include polymerized rosin, disproportionated rosin and more.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- have: This Birmingham glass and steel building with an eye-shaped plan, has a positive impact disproportionate to its size.
Modifies a noun
- burden: Reduce the disproportionate burden of taxation on poorer families.
- amount: There's a disproportionate amount of these people in prison.
- eligibility: A family has not strong evidence disproportionate eligibility of of the group.
- collapse: Approved document A covers loading, ground movement and disproportionate collapse.
- impact: However, the disproportionate impact of aviation on the global environment cannot be ignored.
Modifying Another Word
- grossly: I wouldn't want to use grossly disproportionate force of course.
- massively: The simple explanation is that power in Nominet is massively disproportionate.
- wholly: BSP paid management charges which were wholly disproportionate to any limited services rendered by Fork to BSP.
- vastly: Scotland has a place and importance in the world vastly disproportionate to its size or population.
- totally: This together with £ 500 per month by way of payments is totally disproportionate to his income.
Used with adjective complement
- appear: If they appear disproportionate compared to your own, then you are more likely to be able to establish disproportionate and unreasonable costs.
- seem: Such losses seem disproportionate to an attack on merchant shipping not engaged in vital supply work.
- consider: How can you fight an effective campaign when even normal military action is considered disproportionate.
- become: In other words has the virtuous love of his family become disproportionate, a heroic virtue twisted into a tragic flaw?
- deem: This would almost certainly result in the loss of civilian lives, and may well be deemed disproportionate to the military objective.
Preposition: in
- relation: The figure is disproportionate in relation to the profitability of labor providers.
Browse dictionary entries near disproportionate
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- disposure
- dispossession
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- disposition
- disposer
- disprove
- Dispur
- disputable
- disputant
- disputation
- disputatious
- dispute
- disqualification
- disqualify
- disquiet
