disproportionate
Phonetic
US /ˌdɪsprəˈpɔːrʃənət/UK /ˌdɪsprəˈpɔːʃənət/
Translations
ADJNot proportionate., Out of proportion.
VERBTo undergo disproportionation.
Variants
- disproportionates: Third Person Singular
- disproportionating: Present Participle
- disproportionated: Past Participle, Past Tense
Examples
Veterans, who make up a disproportionate/ˌdɪsprəˈpɔːrʃənət/ share of federal workers, could be particularly hard hit by government layoffs.
Source:www.nytimes.com
Cooking oil is hardly the only food that has generated disproportionate levels of nutritional discourse.
Source:www.theatlantic.com
More substantively, European governments blame Mr Qin for recommending sweeping, disproportionate counter-sanctions that continue to blight
Source:www.economist.com
Those advisers have been replaced by enablers and amplifiers, including a disproportionate/ˌdɪsprəˈpɔːrʃənət/ number of former Fox News commentators.
Source:www.nytimes.com
She also called the fine “wholly/ˈhəʊlli/ disproportionate/ˌdɪsprəˈpɔːrʃənət/.”
Source:www.nytimes.com