as in unequal
having or showing a difference that is not fair, reasonable, or expected; too large or too small in relation to something
He believes that middle-class people bear a disproportionate share of the tax burden. A disproportionate number of the students are poor.
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Recent Examples of disproportionate
The red planet has air density roughly 1% of that here on Earth, meaning every meter of altitude gained demands a disproportionate amount of effort.
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Omar Kardoudi
may 13, New Atlas, 13 May 2026
The mother told Rubino that Agan was giving her daughter a disproportionate amount of attention.
—Holly McDede, ProPublica, 12 May 2026
As the disproportionate impact of oil shortages in Asia widens the divide, economists warn that the phenomenon has significant ramifications for monetary policy, political stability, and future economic growth across the continent – and other parts of the world that rely on it for trade.
—Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Its cities to the south have long grappled with gaining equal access to emergency healthcare and county services while facing disproportionate need.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 9 May 2026
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Omar Kardoudi
may 13, New Atlas, 13 May 2026
The mother told Rubino that Agan was giving her daughter a disproportionate amount of attention.
—Holly McDede, ProPublica, 12 May 2026
As the disproportionate impact of oil shortages in Asia widens the divide, economists warn that the phenomenon has significant ramifications for monetary policy, political stability, and future economic growth across the continent – and other parts of the world that rely on it for trade.
—Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Its cities to the south have long grappled with gaining equal access to emergency healthcare and county services while facing disproportionate need.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 9 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for disproportionate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disproportionate
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The stagnation is also producing increasingly unequal outcomes by race, age, and education, as the workers least able to weather a long search are the ones most likely to give up entirely.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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This diversity exists alongside a sprawling and unequal urban landscape shaped by migration from across Peru.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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The family belongs to Sudan’s Nuba minority, a Black, ethnically diverse group of some three million people indigenous to the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, an oil-rich, agricultural region next to Darfur.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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The Proust Questionnaire, the static back page of Vanity Fair’s book for decades, will inspire interviews with a diverse set of public figures and will be filmed at the homes of subjects.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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The oat crust contributes its own distinctive earthy, toasty flavor.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Balagov is indisputably a filmmaker with his own distinctive vision, ideally matched with Evgueni and Sacha Galperine’s glowering score and with Fray’s nimble shooting style, which often takes its cue to get in close from the knotted bodies on the wrestling mats.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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With two distinct waves of iPhone 18 handsets arriving, Apple can leverage this to their advantage, bringing more users to the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max handsets, disrupting Android’s Mobile World Congress launch cycle, and giving the iPhone 18 a clear run as its consumer-friendly champion.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Through a combination of archival footage, interviews with surviving contemporaries, and many, many photos, the film attempts to get to the bottom of Avedon’s distinct knack for capturing celebrities at their very best.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
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In the case of mixed martial artists Gina Carano and Ronda Rousey, who meet at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Saturday in Netflix’s first live MMA broadcast, the rust has been gathering for far longer.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The weapon, developed to deliver multiple nuclear warheads over great distances, has a mixed record in testing so far and was once planned to be fielded in 2020.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
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On March 3rd, Jeffries invited several of the holdouts, including Gottheimer, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, of Florida, and Greg Landsman, of Ohio, to his office for a meeting.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Frank describes several forms that illness narratives can take.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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