overproportionatelyadv.
/ˌəʊvəprəˈpɔːʃənətli/, /ˌəʊvəprəˈpɔːʃn̩ətli/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərprəˈpɔrʃ(ə)nətli/, /ˈˌoʊvərpərˈpɔrʃ(ə)nətli/ To an overproportionate degree.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adverb] > disproportionately
unproportionably1559
disproportionably1608
overproportionately1676
disproportionatelya1682
disproportionally1755
unproportionally1819
unproportionately1848
1676 H. More Remarks 2 Disc. 165 A greater sign that there is no such Tension,..than that in the Pump should be so over-proportionately tended.
1969 Managem. Sci. 16 B135 Because of the slope angles to be maintained an increasing expansion of the pit limits will always be accompanied by over-proportionately producing waste compared to the amount of ore exposed thereby and produced later.
1993 Europe-Asia Stud. 45 1012 The production of both categories of goods is spread all over the FSU. However, in some republics these two categories were over-proportionately represented in their trade patterns.
2001 Business & Environment (Nexis) 12 4 The index suffered overproportionately from the devaluation of the euro.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1676- to curtail of
- to cushion the blow
- to cut a a person to ribbons
- to cut a bosh
- to cut a caper on nothing
- to cut a caper or capers
- to cut a cheque
- to cut a corner or corners
- to cut a curvet
- to cut a dash
- to cut a feather
- to cut a flash
- to cut a flourish
- to cut a gordian knot
- to cut a large large thongs of another man's leather
- to cut a large thong of another man's leather
- to cut a lock
- to cut a long story short
- to cut a passage
- to cut a person a cheque
- to cut a person some slack
- to cut a pie
- to cut a purse
- to cut a rug
- to cut a rusty