disproportionate
Meaning of disproportionate
- too large or too small in comparison with something else.
people on lower incomes spend a disproportionate amount of their income on fuel
persistent offenders were given sentences that were disproportionate to the offences they had committed
mid 16th century: from dis- (expressing absence) + proportionate, on the pattern of French disproportionné .
verb- undergo disproportionation.
water disproportionates to oxygen and hydrogen
Information about disproportionate
- The plural form of disproportionate is: disproportionates.
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Hyphenation of disproportionate
dis-pro-por-tion-ate
- It consists of 5 syllables and 16 chars.
- disproportionate is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
disproportionate synonyms
Meaning disproportional:
Meaning unusually or disproportionately large; excessive:
Meaning not guided by or based on good sense:
Meaning more than is necessary, normal, or desirable; immoderate:
Meaning unwarranted or inappropriate because excessive or disproportionate:
Meaning not based on or behaving according to the principles of equality and justice:
Meaning (of a person) emotionally or mentally disturbed:
Meaning not regular, consistent, or equal:
Meaning not fair, evenly balanced, or having equal advantage:
Meaning not even or balanced in shape or arrangement:
disproportionate antonyms
Meaning corresponding in size or amount to something else:
Translation of disproportionate
- French: disproportionné
- German: unverhältnismäßig
- Italian: sproporzionato
- Portuguese: desproporcionado
- Spanish: desproporcionado, desproporcionada
Words that rhyme with disproportionate
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