Disproportion

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Absence of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation: the disproportion between the gravity of geopolitical events and the time available to deal with them.
  • n. An instance of a disproportionate relation.
  • v. To make disproportionate.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. something that is out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance
  • v. To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry
  • n. Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity.
  • v. To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Want of proportion of one thing to another, or between the parts of the same thing; lack of symmetry; absence of conformity or due relation in size, number, quantity, etc.: as, the disproportion of a man's arms to his body, or of means to an end; the disproportion between supply and demand.
  • n. Disproportion, some say, is the cause of the keenest misery in the world: for instance, the disproportion between the powers, capacities, and aspirations of man and his circumstances—especially as regards his physical wants.
  • To make unsuitable in dimensions or quantity; mismatch; join unfitly.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something
    • Antonym
    proportion   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disparity   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    unsuitableness    disparity    mismatch    misproportion    incommensurability   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    incongruity    disparity    discrepancy    inequality    preponderance   
     
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