English

Alternative forms

• out of all proportion

Adjective

out of proportion ‎(comparative more out of proportion, superlative most out of proportion)

1. (idiomatic) Not in a proper or pleasing relation to other things, especially in terms of size.

   I only said that she wasn't as young as she used to be, and her response was out of proportion.

   • Philip Larkin, Toads

     Six days of the week it [work] soils / With its sickening poison — / Just for paying a few bills! / That's out of proportion.