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
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
This animal is about the size of an ox, with the head disproportionably large; he is of a lighter color, less ferocious aspect, and inferior strength to those of the Old World.
From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Warburton
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 was indeed eminently superior to the vices of the rest; but I did not less exquisitely feel how much he was out of his place, how disproportionably associated, or how contemptibly employed.
From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by William Godwin
