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disproportionately


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Disproportionate  \Dis`pro*por"tion*ate\,  a. 
  Not  proportioned;  unsymmetrical;  unsuitable  to  something  else 
  in  bulk,  form  value,  or  extent;  out  of  proportion; 
  inadequate;  as  in  a  perfect  body  none  of  the  limbs  are 
  disproportionate;  it  is  wisdom  not  to  undertake  a  work 
  disproportionate  means  --  {Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  disproportionately 
  adv  1:  to  a  disproportionate  degree;  "this  wall  is 
  disproportionately  long"  [ant:  {proportionately}] 
  2:  to  a  disproportionate  degree;  "his  benefits  were 
  disproportionately  generous"  [ant:  {proportionately}] 




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