Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
lack of proportion;
imbalance among the parts of something;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disproportion \Dis`pro*por"tion\, n. [Pref. dis- + proportion:
cf. F. disproportion.]
1. 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.
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2. Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an
end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the
disproportion of strength or means to an object.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disproportion \Dis`pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Disproportioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Disproportioning.]
To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end;
to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.
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To shape my legs of an unequal size;
To disproportion me in every part. --Shak.
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A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the
extent of its territory. --Prescott.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disproportion
n 1: lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something
[ant: proportion, symmetry]