disproportioned
- past participle of disproportion.
- past tense form of disproportion.
Example Sentences
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Dr. Mensendieck calls the dancing legs of the late Anna Pavlova monstrously disproportioned.
From Time Magazine Archive
The depth of this affection, moreover, was not disproportioned, as is sometimes the case in examples of conjugal devotion, to the worthiness of the object.
From William the Third by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff)
The flight of Louis Philippe seemed sudden—startling—almost without a cause; and if nothing but the émeute in Paris is regarded, certainly the effect was entirely disproportioned to the cause.
From Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 by Various
But this rice had to be paid for at a price very disproportioned to that of bread.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Manzoni, Alessandro
It is akin to rustling through the deep-lying autumn leaves, which affords a pleasure so absurdly disproportioned and inexplicable that it is almost mysterious.
From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse
