disproportion
noun
lack of proportion; lack of proper relationship in size, number, etc..
disproportionably
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a word derived from
disproportion.
Example Sentences
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"The pandemic has disproportionably hurt small businesses, and those are the customers of regional banks," he said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 15, 2021
He has forty-six ribs, while the elephant has only forty; and his claws are disproportionably long.
From Wanderings in South America by Charles Waterton
He has forty-six ribs, while the elephant has only forty, and his claws are disproportionably long.
From Wanderings in South America by Charles Waterton
The fees for travelling by skyds are, it is true, disproportionably low, and in many instances the obligation to furnish horses is no doubt an actual loss to the farmer.
From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Bayard Taylor
The vaulted roofs are exceedingly lofty; but for the length of the nave, and more especially the choir, the transepts are disproportionably short.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
