unproportionableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnprəˈpɔːʃn̩əbl/, /(ˌ)ʌnprəˈpɔːʃ(ə)nəbl/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈpɔrʃənəb(ə)l/, /ˌənpərˈpɔrʃənəb(ə)l/ Not proportionable; out of proportion; disproportionate. Now rare.Common in the 17th cent.
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unproportioneda1500
unproportionate1535
misproportioned1552
disproportionate1555
disproportionated1572
unproportionable1576
improportionate1581
disproportionable1589
disproportioned1597
improportionable1601
disproportional1609
asymmetral1615
unproportional1628
overproportionated1647
improportioned1656
improportionala1662
over-proportioned1662
overproportionate1672
uncommensurate1676
incommensurate1684
incommensurable1820
1576 T. Twyne Schoolemaster iii. sig. K.iv It [sc. a kind of meat] is vnproportionable vnto the nature of the partes of the body.
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 723 Too much encrease and vnproportionable growth..procureth the change and ruine of Common-wealths.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 39 The roofe is not to be thought vnproportionable.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine v. xi. 163 To give a thing and take a thing is unproportionable with his [sc. God's] proceedings.
1697 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) Advt. to Rdr. sig. C4 The Preface was an Eye-Sore, because of its Length, unproportionable to the Book.
1704 N. N. tr. T. Boccalini Advts. from Parnassus III. 255 Some of her limbs swell to an unproportionable Bulk.
1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying If you protract.., you will put your closes into unproportionable shapes.
1849 Bell's Life in London 30 Sept. 5/3 They are run out of breath by the unproportionable speed of a light-heeled leader.
1861 Standard 12 July 3/5 His [sc. a gorilla's] legs are rather short..but his arms are of most unproportionable length.
2006 R. Foerster Burning of Troy 49 The one writhing..in equal, if unproportionable, pain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1576