Disproportionately
[,disprə'pɔ:ʃənitli]
Definition
(adv.) to a disproportionate degree; 'his benefits were disproportionately generous'.
(adv.) out of proportion; 'this wall is disproportionately long'.
Typist: Wesley--From WordNet
Examples
- On the other hand, she was disproportionately indulgent towards the failings of men, and was often heard to say that these were natural. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In other words, a very slight drop in voltage means a disproportionately great loss in illumination. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He is small for his age, with a head which is quite disproportionately large. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- But though the common standard of living has risen, the rise has been on a scale disproportionately small. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And men are blamed for pride and bad temper when the lion and serpent element in them disproportionately grows and gains strength? Plato. The Republic.
Typist: Wesley