About The Word Disproportion
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Disproportion
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What's The Definition Of Disproportion?
[n] lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something
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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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