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  • Those advisers have been replaced by enablers and amplifiers, including a disproportionate/ˌdɪsprəˈpɔːrʃənət/ number of former Fox News commentators.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

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