DISPROPORTION

disproportion

Noun

  1. The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance.
    the disproportion of the length of a building to its height
  2. Lack of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness.
    the disproportion of strength or means to an object

Verb

  1. To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch.
    To shape my legs of an unequal size; / To disproportion me in every part. — Shakespeare.
    A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. — Prescott.


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