disproportion

noun

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dis·pro·por·tion | \ ˌdis-prə-ˈpȯr-shən

Definition of disproportion

(Entry 1 of 2)

: lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity also : an instance of such disparity

disproportion

verb

disproportioned; disproportioning; disproportions

Definition of disproportion (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to make out of proportion : mismatch

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Examples of disproportion in a Sentence

Noun His salary is in disproportion to what people who have similar jobs earn.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun That doesn’t mean selling exceptional museum art to rectify the disproportion makes sense. — Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2022 That this feeling of disproportion is fainter in the Broadway production than in 2018 may provide a clue to the answer. — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2022 Another example would be that almost 60% of corporate CEOs are over six-foot-tall; a large disproportion compared to the fact that less than 15% of American men are over this height. — Holly Corbett, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022 The slowing growth of the global population, the disproportion in different industries’ performance and the redistribution of wealth have created a new reality for financial assets. — Timur Turlov, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021 This sense of scale -- or rather, disproportion -- underpins the whole film, and becomes the case in Diana's defense. — Holly Thomas, CNN, 9 Nov. 2021 This is another factor of the ongoing disproportion in revenues. — Timur Turlov, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021 Which is the other side of stupidity’s disproportion: when someone’s power is less than what her intelligence or civic status would merit. — Garret Keizer, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021 And yet Chicago police continue to use force against and arrest people of color — particularly Black people — in wild disproportion to white people. — Dan Hinkel, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2021 See More

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disproportion

noun

dis·pro·por·tion | \ ˌdis-prə-ˈpȯr-shən

Kids Definition of disproportion

: a marked difference in the size, number, or amount of something as compared to another thing There is a disproportion of boys to girls in the class.

disproportion

noun

dis·pro·por·tion | \ ˌdis-prə-ˈpōr-shən, -ˈpȯr-

Medical Definition of disproportion

: absence of symmetry or the proper dimensional relationship a disproportion between the large head and the average-size body — see cephalopelvic disproportion