Definition of disproportion in English:

disproportion

noun dɪsprəˈpɔːʃ(ə)nˌdɪsprəˈpɔrʃ(ə)n

An instance of being out of proportion with something else.
there is a disproportion between the scale of expenditure and any benefit that could possibly result
mass noun women undergoing caesarean section because of feto-pelvic disproportion
Example sentencesExamples
- In a number of Adès's works there is a curious disproportion between the scale of the music's emotional impact and the amount of time it takes to achieve that impact.
- The disproportion between the sculpture and the human throng reminded me of a device employed by Piranesi in his engravings of ancient Rome.
- That disproportion brings unhappiness we know - not always, of course, practicing proportionality ourselves.
- And obviously we are intended to agree, for otherwise the disproportion between his action and Angelo's proposed punishment would not strike us so forcibly, and the tension would go out of the play.
- When people criticise the Government's apparent obsession with spin and presentation, they are really criticising the disproportion between the energy of the apparatus and the modesty of the outcome.
- In itself that is a limitation, it might be regarded as a disproportion; no matter, there is no help - he must work within the limits of his love.
- This meant that it was unrealistic to harmonise the economic systems of Serbia and Montenegro because of major disproportions in the structure of the two economies, he said.
- But in the case of China and Taiwan, the disproportion in scale of population and power between the mainland and the island is enormous.
- That was when I began to notice the obscene disproportion of taxpayers' money spent on London.
- In the late 19th and early 20th C. the US Army had a huge disproportion of off-the-boat Irish Catholics.
- The disproportion between his new self-perception and his actual social status as an ordinary businessman and later as a derided cult leader was unbearable.
- In China today, the more literate provinces tend in fact to have somewhat higher, not lower, sex ratios at birth; and in India it is urban, not rural, areas in which the disproportion between boys and girls is greatest.
- There's been a significant disproportion for 30 years now between the level of risk the company takes on and the premiums they charge.
- In the foreseeable future, the disproportion between the United States and any other state will widen.
- The disproportion of parks on Vancouver's Westside compared to the city's Eastside is of absurd dimensions.
- Since our inclination is usually to evade what's difficult, we may find an increasing disproportion between our power and our depth.
- All sustained strategic bombing campaigns, moreover, depend on a disproportion between the economic resources of the attacking and defending sides.
- An awareness that a tragic disproportion of black Americans are poor has been a hallmark of civic awareness among educated Americans for 40 years now.
- But, it's not the wedding I resent as much as the disproportion of it all.
- The monumentality of the study is accentuated by the deliberate disproportion in scale: the soaring high windows contrast with the heavy low furnishings.
Synonyms
discrepancy, inconsistency, imbalance, inequality, incongruity, unevenness

Derivatives

disproportional

adjectivedɪsprəˈpɔːʃ(ə)n(ə)lˌdɪsprəˈpɔrʃ(ə)n(ə)l

Too large or too small in comparison with something else.
a few people have a disproportional impact on policy
Example sentencesExamples
- There has been no government questioning of the enormously disproportional rate of casualties.
- And this has been especially so in elite circles that have a disproportional impact on law, policy, culture, and even public opinion.
- The Commission also warns that an increase in spending limits could lead to a disproportional advantage at the polling booths for larger and better-resourced parties.

disproportionality

noun-ˈalɪti

The level of disproportionality that has been shown, I would suggest, needs an awful lot of emotion, a lot of involvement, an awful lot of talking and articulating in respect of feelings and fears.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the absence of any significant counterbalancing input, that disproportionality is not recognized as such, thus further compounding the magnitude of their message.
- We do not see racial and class disproportionality in prisons as something that can be corrected within the prison system, as if disproportionality is just a bump in an otherwise functional road.

disproportionally

adverb

The final reason that proportional representation feels disproportionally unrepresentative is that there's an acute gender and generational imbalance.
Example sentencesExamples
- This group would also on average pay less local taxation - which disproportionally hits home-owning people on pensions.
- They make a lot of noise, disproportionally so and it is effective.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from dis- (expressing absence) + proportion, on the pattern of French disproportion.

Definition of disproportion in US English:

disproportion

nounˌdisprəˈpôrSH(ə)nˌdɪsprəˈpɔrʃ(ə)n

An instance of being out of proportion with something else.
there is a disproportion between the scale of expenditure and any benefit that could possibly result
Example sentencesExamples
- In itself that is a limitation, it might be regarded as a disproportion; no matter, there is no help - he must work within the limits of his love.
- But in the case of China and Taiwan, the disproportion in scale of population and power between the mainland and the island is enormous.
- In China today, the more literate provinces tend in fact to have somewhat higher, not lower, sex ratios at birth; and in India it is urban, not rural, areas in which the disproportion between boys and girls is greatest.
- There's been a significant disproportion for 30 years now between the level of risk the company takes on and the premiums they charge.
- The disproportion between the sculpture and the human throng reminded me of a device employed by Piranesi in his engravings of ancient Rome.
- In the late 19th and early 20th C. the US Army had a huge disproportion of off-the-boat Irish Catholics.
- And obviously we are intended to agree, for otherwise the disproportion between his action and Angelo's proposed punishment would not strike us so forcibly, and the tension would go out of the play.
- Since our inclination is usually to evade what's difficult, we may find an increasing disproportion between our power and our depth.
- The monumentality of the study is accentuated by the deliberate disproportion in scale: the soaring high windows contrast with the heavy low furnishings.
- All sustained strategic bombing campaigns, moreover, depend on a disproportion between the economic resources of the attacking and defending sides.
- In the foreseeable future, the disproportion between the United States and any other state will widen.
- But, it's not the wedding I resent as much as the disproportion of it all.
- The disproportion of parks on Vancouver's Westside compared to the city's Eastside is of absurd dimensions.
- When people criticise the Government's apparent obsession with spin and presentation, they are really criticising the disproportion between the energy of the apparatus and the modesty of the outcome.
- An awareness that a tragic disproportion of black Americans are poor has been a hallmark of civic awareness among educated Americans for 40 years now.
- This meant that it was unrealistic to harmonise the economic systems of Serbia and Montenegro because of major disproportions in the structure of the two economies, he said.
- That was when I began to notice the obscene disproportion of taxpayers' money spent on London.
- That disproportion brings unhappiness we know - not always, of course, practicing proportionality ourselves.
- In a number of Adès's works there is a curious disproportion between the scale of the music's emotional impact and the amount of time it takes to achieve that impact.
- The disproportion between his new self-perception and his actual social status as an ordinary businessman and later as a derided cult leader was unbearable.
Synonyms
discrepancy, inconsistency, imbalance, inequality, incongruity, unevenness

Origin

Mid 16th century: from dis- (expressing absence) + proportion, on the pattern of French disproportion.

单词	disproportion
释义	Definition of disproportion in English: disproportion noun dɪsprəˈpɔːʃ(ə)nˌdɪsprəˈpɔrʃ(ə)n An instance of being out of proportion with something else. there is a disproportion between the scale of expenditure and any benefit that could possibly result mass noun women undergoing caesarean section because of feto-pelvic disproportion Example sentencesExamples In a number of Adès's works there is a curious disproportion between the scale of the music's emotional impact and the amount of time it takes to achieve that impact. The disproportion between the sculpture and the human throng reminded me of a device employed by Piranesi in his engravings of ancient Rome. That disproportion brings unhappiness we know - not always, of course, practicing proportionality ourselves. And obviously we are intended to agree, for otherwise the disproportion between his action and Angelo's proposed punishment would not strike us so forcibly, and the tension would go out of the play. When people criticise the Government's apparent obsession with spin and presentation, they are really criticising the disproportion between the energy of the apparatus and the modesty of the outcome. In itself that is a limitation, it might be regarded as a disproportion; no matter, there is no help - he must work within the limits of his love. This meant that it was unrealistic to harmonise the economic systems of Serbia and Montenegro because of major disproportions in the structure of the two economies, he said. But in the case of China and Taiwan, the disproportion in scale of population and power between the mainland and the island is enormous. That was when I began to notice the obscene disproportion of taxpayers' money spent on London. In the late 19th and early 20th C. the US Army had a huge disproportion of off-the-boat Irish Catholics. The disproportion between his new self-perception and his actual social status as an ordinary businessman and later as a derided cult leader was unbearable. In China today, the more literate provinces tend in fact to have somewhat higher, not lower, sex ratios at birth; and in India it is urban, not rural, areas in which the disproportion between boys and girls is greatest. There's been a significant disproportion for 30 years now between the level of risk the company takes on and the premiums they charge. In the foreseeable future, the disproportion between the United States and any other state will widen. The disproportion of parks on Vancouver's Westside compared to the city's Eastside is of absurd dimensions. Since our inclination is usually to evade what's difficult, we may find an increasing disproportion between our power and our depth. All sustained strategic bombing campaigns, moreover, depend on a disproportion between the economic resources of the attacking and defending sides. An awareness that a tragic disproportion of black Americans are poor has been a hallmark of civic awareness among educated Americans for 40 years now. But, it's not the wedding I resent as much as the disproportion of it all. The monumentality of the study is accentuated by the deliberate disproportion in scale: the soaring high windows contrast with the heavy low furnishings. Synonyms discrepancy, inconsistency, imbalance, inequality, incongruity, unevenness Derivatives disproportional adjectivedɪsprəˈpɔːʃ(ə)n(ə)lˌdɪsprəˈpɔrʃ(ə)n(ə)l Too large or too small in comparison with something else. a few people have a disproportional impact on policy Example sentencesExamples There has been no government questioning of the enormously disproportional rate of casualties. And this has been especially so in elite circles that have a disproportional impact on law, policy, culture, and even public opinion. The Commission also warns that an increase in spending limits could lead to a disproportional advantage at the polling booths for larger and better-resourced parties. disproportionality noun-ˈalɪti The level of disproportionality that has been shown, I would suggest, needs an awful lot of emotion, a lot of involvement, an awful lot of talking and articulating in respect of feelings and fears. Example sentencesExamples In the absence of any significant counterbalancing input, that disproportionality is not recognized as such, thus further compounding the magnitude of their message. We do not see racial and class disproportionality in prisons as something that can be corrected within the prison system, as if disproportionality is just a bump in an otherwise functional road. disproportionally adverb The final reason that proportional representation feels disproportionally unrepresentative is that there's an acute gender and generational imbalance. Example sentencesExamples This group would also on average pay less local taxation - which disproportionally hits home-owning people on pensions. They make a lot of noise, disproportionally so and it is effective. Origin Mid 16th century: from dis- (expressing absence) + proportion, on the pattern of French disproportion. Definition of disproportion in US English: disproportion nounˌdisprəˈpôrSH(ə)nˌdɪsprəˈpɔrʃ(ə)n An instance of being out of proportion with something else. there is a disproportion between the scale of expenditure and any benefit that could possibly result Example sentencesExamples In itself that is a limitation, it might be regarded as a disproportion; no matter, there is no help - he must work within the limits of his love. But in the case of China and Taiwan, the disproportion in scale of population and power between the mainland and the island is enormous. In China today, the more literate provinces tend in fact to have somewhat higher, not lower, sex ratios at birth; and in India it is urban, not rural, areas in which the disproportion between boys and girls is greatest. There's been a significant disproportion for 30 years now between the level of risk the company takes on and the premiums they charge. The disproportion between the sculpture and the human throng reminded me of a device employed by Piranesi in his engravings of ancient Rome. In the late 19th and early 20th C. the US Army had a huge disproportion of off-the-boat Irish Catholics. And obviously we are intended to agree, for otherwise the disproportion between his action and Angelo's proposed punishment would not strike us so forcibly, and the tension would go out of the play. Since our inclination is usually to evade what's difficult, we may find an increasing disproportion between our power and our depth. The monumentality of the study is accentuated by the deliberate disproportion in scale: the soaring high windows contrast with the heavy low furnishings. All sustained strategic bombing campaigns, moreover, depend on a disproportion between the economic resources of the attacking and defending sides. In the foreseeable future, the disproportion between the United States and any other state will widen. But, it's not the wedding I resent as much as the disproportion of it all. The disproportion of parks on Vancouver's Westside compared to the city's Eastside is of absurd dimensions. When people criticise the Government's apparent obsession with spin and presentation, they are really criticising the disproportion between the energy of the apparatus and the modesty of the outcome. An awareness that a tragic disproportion of black Americans are poor has been a hallmark of civic awareness among educated Americans for 40 years now. This meant that it was unrealistic to harmonise the economic systems of Serbia and Montenegro because of major disproportions in the structure of the two economies, he said. That was when I began to notice the obscene disproportion of taxpayers' money spent on London. That disproportion brings unhappiness we know - not always, of course, practicing proportionality ourselves. In a number of Adès's works there is a curious disproportion between the scale of the music's emotional impact and the amount of time it takes to achieve that impact. The disproportion between his new self-perception and his actual social status as an ordinary businessman and later as a derided cult leader was unbearable. Synonyms discrepancy, inconsistency, imbalance, inequality, incongruity, unevenness Origin Mid 16th century: from dis- (expressing absence) + proportion, on the pattern of French disproportion.
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