disproportional

Examples

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• As recently as October of 2001, the Secretary of Education, Dr. Robert Paige, expressed his concern about the issue of disproportional representation of minority groups in Special Education programs in testimony to Congress.

  Academic text (2003)

• The NCHWAS is a nonrandomized sample that includes a disproportional number of Hispanic and female respondents and may not be representative of the CHW profession in the United States.

  Academic text (2013)

• Your confidence is disproportional to your abilities.

  Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

• Only a small number of readers, but disproportional for a country of that size.

  Blog text (31)

• Disproportional placement of minorities occurred for the first time in more than 10 years.

  Academic text (1994)

• The report itself, consisting of an introduction and nine chapters, seems at first glance organized in two disproportional parts.

  Academic text (2004)

• The results of this study indicate that the field needs to identify ways to address the disproportional representation of African-American girls with ED who are arrested.

  Academic text (2012)

• Lesser-known artists like the ones you mentioned get a disproportional amount of their income from Pandora, compared with big-name artists.

  Blog text (24)

• The company's profits seem disproportional to the amount of work the employees put in.

• Her expectations were disproportional compared to the resources available for the project.

Synonyms

O

out of proportion

vsdisproportional

54 4.6

Too strong or big compared with what the situation needs

emphasizes direct size mismatch rather than situational exaggeration

D

disproportionate

vsdisproportional

47 5.9

Too large or small compared with what is fair

is the same in meaning but differs only in word form

I

imbalanced

vsdisproportional

8 4.6

Not even in the way parts or people are placed

focuses more narrowly on being too large or too small compared with something else

I

incommensurate

vsdisproportional

• Formal

1 9.9

Not the same in size or importance as something else

focuses similarly on size mismatch but with simpler language

U

unproportioned

vsdisproportional

1 7.2

Not having the right size or shape compared to other parts

highlights an overall too large or small relation between two things

M

misproportioned

vsdisproportional

7.4

Having parts of different sizes so it looks unbalanced

stresses a comparative size difference between things rather than internal disharmony

I

ill-proportioned

vsdisproportional

6.7

A thing with parts that do not match in size or shape

is more about comparative size mismatch than aesthetic awkwardness

Antonyms

P

proportional

• Specialized

38 4.7

One amount grows when another grows in the same way

How Balanced

disproportional

1 6.7

unbalanced

14 3.8

uneven

42 2.3

proportionate

16 5.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology