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 on the Web Wartime hunting takes a disproportionate toll on large mammals, many of which play critical roles in shaping their ecosystems. — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2022 But 20 percent of those deaths concerned officers — a disproportionate toll indicating that vast numbers of deaths of lower-ranking soldiers may be going unreported. — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2022 The pandemic’s disproportionate toll on communities of color has drawn attention to longstanding racial and ethnic disparities in health and prompted concerted campaigns to address them. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2022 Lockdowns, school closures and other changes took a disproportionate toll on women scientists juggling work and child care—a major problem that requires urgent redress. — Joseph Bak-coleman, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2022 Two years into the pandemic, data shows that COVID-19 has taken a disproportionate toll on the poor. — Julia Rendleman, ABC News, 18 Feb. 2022 Widespread vaccination could also help curb transmission of the virus in schools, minimizing disruptive closures and the risk of new outbreaks of a disease that has had a disproportionate toll on families of color. — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2021 In 2008, Philip Blumenshine and his colleagues argued that America’s flu-pandemic plans overlooked the disproportionate toll that such a disaster would take upon socially disadvantaged people. — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2021 In contemporary America, poverty is the reason a disproportionate number of certain groups end up in prison. — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022 See More

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“Disproportionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disproportionate. Accessed 19 May. 2022.

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