Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Disproportionate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not having due proportion, absolutely or relatively; destitute of proportion or symmetry; unconformable or unequal in dimensions or quantity: as, the porch is disproportional to the building; disproportional limbs; disproportional tasks.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not having due proportion to something else; not having proportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form, quantity or value; inadequate; unequal
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- adjective
disproportionate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective out of proportion
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Russia, whose abstention in a U.N. vote cleared the way for military intervention in Libya, later voiced frustration with what it described as a disproportional use of force by NATO.The Kremlin has vowed not to allow a replay of the Libyan strategy in Syria, warning that it would block any U.N. resolution on Syria lacking a clear ban on any foreign military interference.
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The only thing those countries share is that all three did profit disproportional from the Euro.
Matthew Yglesias » Fringe Europe’s Got a Hard Time Coming 2010
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I look at two sides of this: there are those (with the power now) that can slam BIGGER (COLOSSAL ALREADY) GOVERNMENT down our throats and render our Constitution optional …. and there are those like me and my kind who see that the only option out of this mess is to let America and Americans define our future (Americans meaning those who create, produce, invest in, PAY TAXES (in disproportional rates)
Matthew Yglesias » A Flawed Stimulus is Better than No Stimulus 2009
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First off I'll tackle the idea of disproportional response.
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The trait, called disproportional dwarfism, or chondrodysplasia, is an American Kennel Club standard for more than a dozen domestic dog breeds, including the dachshund, corgi, Pekingese and basset hound.
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The trait, called disproportional dwarfism, or chondrodysplasia, is an American Kennel Club standard for more than a dozen domestic dog breeds, including the dachshund, corgi, Pekingese and basset hound.
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Those who condemn Israel for its allegedly "disproportional" response because more Palestinians than Israelis have been killed do not understand that important concept.
The Palestinian's tactics and "proportionality" Not a sheep 2009
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She discussed "economic distortions" and the "disproportional" size of financial profits in our economy.
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Jon Corzine, debating the debate, said that the questioning was "disproportional" toward the less substantive issues like Jeremiah Wright, Bosnia landings and William Ayers.
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The biggest hypocrisy of all is that while Britain condemns Israel for its "disproportional" self-defensive response to the rockets from Gaza, Britain sends thousands of troops to Afghanistan on ... what?
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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