Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without proportion.; unconformably; unequally.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
disproportional manner, or to a disproportional extent;disproportionately
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Examples
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Not surprisingly, they are disproportionally from the South, the GOP's geographical and ideological base.
Will Marshall: The Tea Party Is the GOP's Problem Will Marshall 2010
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Not surprisingly, they are disproportionally from the South, the GOP's geographical and ideological base.
Will Marshall: The Tea Party Is the GOP's Problem Will Marshall 2010
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Not surprisingly, they are disproportionally from the South, the GOP's geographical and ideological base.
Will Marshall: The Tea Party Is the GOP's Problem Will Marshall 2010
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Not surprisingly, they are disproportionally from the South, the GOP's geographical and ideological base.
Will Marshall: The Tea Party Is the GOP's Problem Will Marshall 2010
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Not surprisingly, they are disproportionally from the South, the GOP's geographical and ideological base.
Will Marshall: The Tea Party Is the GOP's Problem Will Marshall 2010
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Goldstone report - which would limit Israel's capacity to act "disproportionally" - could be seen as an existential threat.
openDemocracy Eyal Weizman 2010
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But employers have pointed out that a such rise will hit small businesses disproportionally, which is struggling to recover from downturn as the slower part of a "two speed economy" behind mining.
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The Israelis get this, and have vowed to respond "disproportionally" to Hamas.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Maybe CBC members are being "disproportionally" investigated because they are disproportionally unethical.
Right Wing News Brian Garst 2010
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"Very weak US demand, the increase in Saudi production and monetary factors" converged to bring oil "disproportionally" weaker, said Ellis Eckland, an independent analyst.
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