Disproportion

[dɪsprə'pɔːʃ(ə)n] or [,dɪsprə'pɔrʃən]

Definition

(noun.) lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something.

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Definition

(n.) Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height.

(n.) Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object.

(v. t.) To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.

Checker: Newman

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Want of symmetry.[2]. Disparity, inequality, unsuitableness.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

[See PROPORTION]

Typist: Morton

Definition

n. want of proportion symmetry or suitableness of parts: inequality.—v.t. to make unsuitable in form or size &c.—n. Dispropor′tionableness.—adv. Dispropor′tionably.—adjs. Dispropor′tional Dispropor′tionable (arch.).—advs. Dispropor′tionally Dispropor′tionably (arch.).—adj. Dispropor′tionate not proportioned: unsymmetrical: unsuitable to something else in some respect.—adv. Dispropor′tionately.—n. Dispropor′tionateness.

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