Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (2)
1.
out of proportion;
- Example: "this wall is disproportionately long"2.
to a disproportionate degree;
- Example: "his benefits were disproportionately generous"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disproportionately
adv 1: out of proportion; "this wall is disproportionately long"
[ant: proportionately]
2: to a disproportionate degree; "his benefits were
disproportionately generous" [ant: proportionally,
proportionately]