Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Out of proportion, as in size, shape, or amount.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Out of proportion; unsymmetrical; without due proportion of parts or relations: as, a disproportionate development; means disproportionate to the end.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
proportionate . - adjective Out of
proportion . - verb chemistry To undergo
disproportionation
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective out of proportion
- adjective not proportionate
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Examples
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Nigeria's government is deploring what it calls a disproportionate use of force by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
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Unilever said it had been given time to prepare for the action, which it described as "disproportionate", but unions claimed the walkouts would hit production of brands including Persil, PG Tips, Marmite, Pot Noodle, Lynx, Flora and Wall's ice cream.
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: Summoned Israel's ambassador, demanding an explanation for the violence, and condemned what it called the disproportionate use of force.
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Greece, Egypt, Sweden, Spain and Denmark summoned Israel's ambassadors demanding explanations for the violence, with Spain and France condemning what they called the disproportionate use of force.
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Greece, Egypt, Sweden, Spain and Denmark summoned Israel's ambassadors demanding explanations for the violence, with Spain and France condemning what they called the disproportionate use of force.
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Also today, White House spokesperson Dana Perino said that the president holds -- believes that both sides should stand down, but the president does hold the Russians accountable for what he calls a disproportionate response.
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Meantime, after criticizing Israel for using what it called disproportionate force in Lebanon, the European Union said it was planning a peace mission.
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ROBERTS: But, Mr. Ambassador, the European Union has expressed concern at what it calls a disproportionate response to the kidnappings by Hezbollah.
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WALLACE: Secretary Powell, while stopping short of criticizing the Israeli response to that suicide bombing, criticism, though, did come from the United N.tions with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan saying he was deeply disturbed by what he called the disproportionate response, something he said that will lead to only increased bitterness on the Palestinian side.
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Some farm workers accused the media of racism because of what he described as the disproportionate attention being given to the murders of farmers, Mufamadi said,.
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