unproportionaladj.
/(ˌ)ʌnprəˈpɔːʃn̩(ə)l/, /(ˌ)ʌnprəˈpɔːʃən(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈpɔrʃ(ə)nəl/, /ˌənpərˈpɔrʃ(ə)nəl/ Not proportional; disproportionate.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] > disproportionate
unproportioneda1500
unproportionate1535
misproportioned1552
disproportionate1555
disproportionated1572
unproportionable1576
improportionate1581
disproportionable1589
disproportioned1597
improportionable1601
disproportional1609
asymmetral1615
unproportional1628
overproportionated1647
improportioned1656
improportionala1662
over-proportioned1662
overproportionate1672
uncommensurate1676
incommensurate1684
incommensurable1820
1628 F. Hubert Deplorable Life Edward II (unauthorized ed.) 44 That Gaueston vnworthily was grac't, And made too great a monster, huge and vaste, Who in his growth was vnproportionall Became offensiue to himselfe, and all.
1686 G. Mackenzie Observ. Acts Parl. 341 The thirds of Benefices, out of which Ministers were provided formerly, came to be an unfit and unproportional Stock, for providing the whole Ministry of the Kingdom.
1715 W. Derham Astro-theol. Prelim. Disc. p. xvii Which are Motions [of the moon, etc.] so unproportional,..that [they] are sufficient to subvert the whole Hypothesis.
1798 S. E. Brydges Arthur Fitz-Albini II. iv. 119 The immense and unproportional burdens which the operation of certain new taxes imposed upon such a fortune not according to its real, but its nominal ability.
1894 Rev. of Reviews Mar. 335/1 He holds up to condemnation the evident solecisms of the unproportional system.
1944 Jewish Q. Rev. 34 384 The volume is concluded by an index of 233 pages, quite unproportional.
2013 F. Arnander We are all Leaders vii. 158 Unproportional actions and too short or long perspectives are bad leadership.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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