disproportionately
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of disproportionately
Example Sentences
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Farmers in the Southern Hemisphere are disproportionately affected, given they are currently planting crops and have limited access to the credit or government support needed to buy fertilizer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Both are large workforces, roughly comparable in size, though truck drivers are disproportionately men and call center workers disproportionately women—and as you'd guess, truck drivers earn substantially more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
"The infants that aren't being cared for where the deaths are taking place are disproportionately those that aren't desirable for adoption," it finds.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
The largely informal opposition had consisted mainly of local cities that warned another sales tax would disproportionately burden the poorest residents and force shoppers across the county border in hopes of finding lower costs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
I had seen it out the window: an ugly, vicious mongrel that was tied up out back and got stupidly and disproportionately worked up by any noise or movement within a hundred yards.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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