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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The shells contained a disproportionate volume of oxygen−16, a lighter form (or isotope) of the element that is found in high levels in glaciers.
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At present, the Republican Party enjoys a degree of power grossly disproportionate to its level of popular support.
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That, Wiener said, allows internet service providers to limit choice and increase prices, with disproportionate harm falling on low-income residents.
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This disproportionate police violence leads to mistrust of police performance in black communities, while white people feel the opposite.
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Some of the big donors are big corporate interests that give to groups like this, but this list shows a disproportionate amount of money from industries who profit from things that are inherently bad for the public.
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That unburdens mothers, to some extent, from their disproportionate share of unpaid labor, leaving them more time to dedicate to work.
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The Legislature's additional per-student funding for charter schools has given them a disproportionate share of state education dollars, state records show.
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To my mind, bloatware is any piece of software within an operating system that receives a disproportionate amount of prominence or system resources relative to its functionality.
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First Known Use of disproportionate
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DISPROPORTIONATE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition 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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