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disproportionate(2)(dictionary)
disproportionate(dictionary)
disproportionate dwarfism(medicine)

disproportionate(1) (iou)



disproportionate adjective. M16.
[from DIS- 2 + PROPORTIONATE adjective, after French disproportionne.]
Lacking proportion, poorly proportioned; out of proportion (to); relatively too large or too small.
C. S. Lewis His tiny, child-like snore, so disproportionate to his bulk. D. Murphy The socially crippling effects of unmarried motherhood constituted an altogether disproportionate punishment for a momentary loss of control.
disproportionately adverb L17.
disproportionateness noun M17.