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Disproportion

Disproportion Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Disproportion? [n] lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something Synonyms \| Synonyms for Disproportion: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Disproportion: ambiguity \| ambivalence \| anamorphism \| anamorphosis \| antinomy \| asymmetry \| buckle \| contortion \| contrariety \| crookedness \| derangement \| detorsion \| deviation \| difference \| disarrangement \| disarray \| disarticulation \| discomfiture \| discomposure \| disconcertedness \| disequilibrium \| disharmony \| dishevelment \| disintegration \| disjunction \| disorder \| disorderliness \| disorganization \| disparity \| disproportionateness \| disruption \| dissimilarity \| distortion \| disturbance \| entropy \| equivocality \| gnarl \| haphazardness \| heresy \| heterodoxy \| heterogeneity \| imbalance \| imparity \| inadequacy \| incoherence \| incommensurability \| incompatibility \| incongruity \| inconsistency \| inconsonance \| indiscriminateness \| inequality \| inequity \| inharmonious harmony \| injustice \| insufficiency \| irreconcilability \| irregularity \| knot \| lopsidedness \| most admired disorder \| nonconformability \| nonconformity \| nonsymmetry \| nonuniformity \| odds \| overbalance \| oxymoron \| paradox \| perturbation \| promiscuity \| promiscuousness \| quirk \| randomness \| screw \| self-contradiction \| shortcoming \| torsion \| tortuosity \| turbulence \| turn \| twist \| unbalance \| unconformability \| unconformity \| unevenness \| unfair discrimination \| unorthodoxy \| unsymmetry \| ununiformity \| upset \| warp \| wrench \| wrest \| wring See Also \| disparity Disproportion In Webster's Dictionary \Dis`propor"tion\, n. [Pref. dis- + proportion: cf. F. disproportion.] 1. 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. Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object. \Dis`propor"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disproportioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disproportioning}.] To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly. To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion me in every part. --Shak. A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. --Prescott.

Disproportion Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disproportion?

[n] lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something

Synonyms | Synonyms for Disproportion:

See Also | disparity

Disproportion In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis`pro*por"tion\, n. [Pref. dis- + proportion:
cf. F. disproportion.]
1. 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. Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an
   end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the
   disproportion of strength or means to an object.


\Dis`pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Disproportioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disproportioning}.]
To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end;
to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.

      To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion
      me in every part.                        --Shak.

      A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the
      extent of its territory.                 --Prescott.

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