Disproportion /(?)/
Dis·pro·por·tion
Disproportion
n.
- Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height.
- Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object.
Disproportion
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Disproportioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Disproportioning
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To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.
To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion me in every part.
A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory.