disproportionately

[ dis-pruh-pawr-shuh-nit-lee ]

adverb

1. in a way that is out of proper relation with something else in size, number, importance, etc.:

   We often allow the minor inconveniences of life—such as traffic jams or technology breakdowns—to disproportionately impact our happiness.

Word History and Origins

Origin of disproportionately¹

disproportionate ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

A disproportionate number of outbreaks are located in the southwest part of the commonwealth, where cases have been skyrocketing.

From Washington Post

For Americans opposed to media-driven censorship, such measures are seen as gross, disproportionate oversteps and violations of the First Amendment.

From Ozy

In other words, there are real risks if rich companies in rich nations buy up a disproportionate share of the cheapest sources of carbon removal while they’ve got plenty of other ways to drive their emissions toward zero.

From MIT Technology Review

These events, while important, populate our imaginings of the future to a disproportionate degree.

From MIT Technology Review

Reassuring the alarmed public, Macron said in a televised address on Wednesday night that it would be “disproportionate to lock down the country again.”

From Fortune

Women and children are disproportionately victims, but they are not alone.

From The Daily Beast

The work at Art Basel is often interesting, often dull, and disproportionately decorative in nature.

From The Daily Beast

They disproportionately indict young African-American men, and they usually do it very quickly.

From The Daily Beast

Significantly, those being targeted are disproportionately transgender, and disproportionately people of color.

From The Daily Beast

In 2012 the so-called Bedroom Tax was passed, an under-occupancy penalty that disproportionately hits low-income families.

From The Daily Beast

This act was found to be objectionable by some residents who stated that the new seventh district was disproportionately large.

From Project Gutenberg

Although all freemen had the right to vote in this assembly, the power of the richer classes was disproportionately great.

From Project Gutenberg

But though the common standard of living has risen, the rise has been on a scale disproportionately small.

From Project Gutenberg

The Greeks are interesting and quite disproportionately important because they had such a host of great individuals.

From Project Gutenberg

Many of the deck fittings seemed disproportionately substantial.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• extremely
• immensely
• improperly
• inordinately
• overly
• too
• unfairly
• unjustifiably
• unjustly
• unnecessarily
• unreasonably