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Definition of 'disproportion'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) disproportion
lack of proportion; lack of proper relationship in size, number, etc.

2. disproportion
something out of proportion.

3. (v.t.) disproportion
to make disproportionate.

Etymology: (1545–55)

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

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) disproportion
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

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

3. (verb) disproportion
to make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly

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