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disproportionate Definition

dis·pro·por·tion·ate (--s̸hə nət)

adjective

not proportionate; not in proportion

disproportionate Related Forms
dis′·pro·por·tion·ately adverb
disproportionate Synonyms

disproportionate

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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.

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