Disproportion

Definitions

1. The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance.
   countable, uncountable
2. Lack of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] a handsome creature, remarkably so, with features so symmetrical […] that a micrometer gauge could scarcely find⟳ a disproportion in her smooth and broad mahogany-coloured face⟳.”

“Then we, the social outsiders, turn⟳ around and dictate how men shall treat⟳ women (seldom, if ever, how women shall treat⟳ men; power in men's rather than women's hands being the excuse⟳ offered for this lop-sided arrangement), and how whites shall treat⟳ blacks (the same disproportion exists here too).”

“the disproportion of the length of a building to its height”

“the disproportion of strength or means to an object”

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