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 law does not mention the races of affected landowners, though White South Africans own a disproportionate share of the country's land, in a vestige of the apartheid system.
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 19 May 2026
In semiconductors, which is what both DeepSeek and the Big Fund care most about, the state’s footprint is even more disproportionate.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 19 May 2026
The novelty of a rare disease outbreak can result in disproportionate media attention, Wang says.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
Zoning accounts for a disproportionate number of meetings this term compared to last because the City Council no longer holds meetings with the full council and mayor on committee days.
—Nick Sullivan
may 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 19 May 2026
In semiconductors, which is what both DeepSeek and the Big Fund care most about, the state’s footprint is even more disproportionate.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 19 May 2026
The novelty of a rare disease outbreak can result in disproportionate media attention, Wang says.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
Zoning accounts for a disproportionate number of meetings this term compared to last because the City Council no longer holds meetings with the full council and mayor on committee days.
—Nick Sullivan
may 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
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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
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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
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The upcoming capsule was developed by combining Eckhaus Latta’s distinctive approach to materials, fit and wearability with Mango’s in-house design expertise.—
Sharon Edelson,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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One of the more distinctive design elements is the use of Color Atelier limewash finishes throughout the home, including pale shades from the company’s Marfa palette, created in collaboration with photographer Douglas Friedman.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
20 May 2026
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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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The recycling center would take household materials like electronics, textiles, shoes, food scraps, mixed paper, cardboard, plastics, metal cans, and glass.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2026
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Announcing its hardcore aspirations with a moody steel-blue palette that suffuses the rural setting with dread, the film takes place almost entirely on a remote cow farm, the home of a mixed-race family of three.—
Beatrice Loayza,
Variety,
22 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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