unproportionn.
/(ˌ)ʌnprəˈpɔːʃn/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈpɔrʃ(ə)n/ rare.
Lack of proportion; = disproportion n.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun] > quality of being disproportionate
distemperance1340
unproportionatenessa1398
improportionc1450
inequalitya1538
disproportion1555
distemperment1582
misproportionateness1587
misproportion1596
unproportionableness1610
distemper1612
unproportiona1626
disproportionality1642
disproportionatedness1647
incommensuration1650
disproportionableness1651
overproportion1666
disproportionateness1668
incommensurateness1727
unproportionality1818
a1626 L. Andrewes Morall Law Expounded (1642) 797 Whosoever hath that money, maketh a generall unproportion in all Contracts, and bringeth an universall confusion, and is executed as a Traitor.
1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xvii. 265 You stare at the wide unproportion between this slender company, and the boundless plains of sand.
1953 M. Harrington Let. in M. Isserman Other Amer. (2000) v. 108 The seeming unproportion of procreative act to child created is symbolic of the whole rather whimsical system of causation in this rather whimsical world.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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