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disproˈportional, a. and n. [f. disproportion + -al1; cf. F. disproportionnel.] A. adj. = disproportionate.
1609Holland Amm. Marcell. Annot. G ij a, Then the length were disproportionall to the breadth. 1645Milton Colast. (1851) 371 To force the continuance of mariage between mindes found utterly unfit, and disproportional, is against nature. 1692Locke Educ. §158 It is very disproportional to the Understanding of childhood. B. n. A disproportional quantity or number.
a1696Scarburgh Euclid (1705) 192 Having finished his Explanations of..Proportionals, and Disproportionals. Hence disproˈportionalness = next.
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