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Webster 1913 Edition
Disproportion
Disˊpro-por′tion
,Noun.
[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.2.
Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity;
as, the
. disproportion
of strength or means to an objectDisˊpro-por′tion
,Verb.
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.
To shape my legs of an unequal size;
To
To
disproportion
me in every part. Shakespeare
A degree of strength altogether
disproportioned
to the extent of its territory. Prescott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disproportion
DISPROPORTION
,Noun.
1.
Want of proportion of one thing to another, or between the parts of thing; want of symmetry. We speak of the disproportion of a mans arms to his body; of the disproportion of the length of an edifice to its highth.2.
Want of proper quantity, according to rules prescribed; as, the disproportion of the ingredients in a compound.3.
Want of suitableness or adequacy; disparity; inequality; unsuitableness; as the disproportion of strength or means to an object.DISPROPORTION
,Verb.
T.
To shape my legs of an unequal size, to disproportion me in every part.
Definition 2024
disproportion
disproportion
English
Noun
disproportion (plural disproportions)
- The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter XIII, p. 208,
- […] a handsome creature, remarkably so, with features so symmetrical […] that a micrometer gauge could scarcely find a disproportion in her smooth and broad mahogany-coloured face.
- the disproportion of the length of a building to its height
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter XIII, p. 208,
- Lack of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness.
- the disproportion of strength or means to an object
Verb
disproportion (third-person singular simple present disproportions, present participle disproportioning, simple past and past participle disproportioned)