Definition of disproportionate
: being out of proportion a disproportionate share
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Examples of disproportionate in a Sentence
He believes that middle-class people bear a disproportionate share of the tax burden.
A disproportionate number of the students are poor.
Recent Examples of disproportionate from the Web
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Private firms are much more productive, but state firms gobble up a disproportionate share of resources.
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While the study didn’t look for dementia symptoms specifically, the authors point out that the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease is rising—and that minority communities are affected at disproportionate rates.
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A key aspect of the initiative is to focus on people and places that have a disproportionate impact on an area, whether it’s habitual offenders or businesses and vacant homes that become a magnet for criminal activity.
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Miami had sued two banks, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, charging that foreclosures had a disproportionate impact on majority-minority neighborhoods because the banks had engaged in discriminatory conduct.
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In all, the CBO finds that a disproportionate number of the 22 million people who will lose health-insurance coverage under the BCRA will be people with low incomes.
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A disproportionate amount of the 22 million people who will lose health-insurance coverage under the BCRA will be people with low incomes.
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A new study suggests that people with anxiety and depression are consuming a disproportionate share of prescription painkillers, a finding that could add a new wrinkle to the epidemic of opioid use in the United States.
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That volume of data also helped Amino identify location-specific trends, including areas with a disproportionate number of opioid use disorder diagnoses and prescriptions for addiction-fighting treatments like buprenorphine.
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First Known Use of disproportionate
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DISPROPORTIONATE Defined for English Language Learners
disproportionate
playDefinition of disproportionate for English Language Learners
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: having or showing a difference that is not fair, reasonable, or expected : too large or too small in relation to something
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