disproportionate
UK/dɪs.pɹəˈpɔː.ʃə.nət//ˌdɪs.pɹəˈpɔɹ.ʃə.nət/
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disproportionate adjective: not proportionate.
Adjective
disproportionate (comparative more disproportionate, superlative most disproportionate)
- Not proportionate.
- grossly disproportionate
- disproportionate impact
- Synonyms:
- nonproportionate, unproportionate
- Out of proportion.
- Synonyms:
- extortionate, inordinate, exorbiant, exorbitant, extortionable, extortious, extravagant, penal, sky-high, usurious
Verb
UK/dɪs.pɹəˈpɔː.ʃə.neɪt/US/ˌdɪs.pɹəˈpɔɹ.ʃə.neɪt/
disproportionate (third-person singular simple present disproportionates, present participle disproportionating, simple past and past participle disproportionated)
- To undergo disproportionation.
disproportionate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
disproportionate in Tamil
- அளவிற்கொவ்வாத, தகவற்ற, பொருத்தமற்ற
disproportionate in Urdu
- بےتناسب
disproportionate in Bengali
- অসামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ, অসম, পরিমাণের তুলনায় অনেক বেশি, কম
disproportionate in Malayalam
- not commensurate with, out of proportion to, not appropriate to
- അനുപാതരഹിതം, ആനുപാതികമല്ലാത്ത, അനനുരൂപമായ, അനുപാതമില്ലാത്ത, അനുയോജ്യമല്ലാത്ത, അനുഗുണമല്ലാത്ത
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- disproportionate in Kannada
- ಹಾಳಿತ ತಪ್ಪಿದ, ಹಾಳಿತ ಮೀರಿದ
Examples of disproportionate in a sentence
- disproportionate response
- They faced a disproportionate share of the costs.
- The punishment seemed disproportionate to the crime.
Synonyms of disproportionate
- nonproportionate
- unproportionate
- extortionate
- inordinate
- exorbiant
- exorbitant
- extravagant
- penal
- sky-high
- usurious
2 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- extortionable
- extortious
Forms of disproportionate
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more disproportionate |
| superlative | most disproportionate |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | disproportionates |
| present participle | disproportionating |
| past participle | disproportionated |
| past | disproportionated |
Origin of disproportionate
From dis- + proportionate.
Words formed from disproportionate
Questions about disproportionate
- What does disproportionate mean?
- Disproportionate means not proportionate.
- What is disproportionate in Tamil?
- Disproportionate in Tamil is அளவிற்கொவ்வாத, தகவற்ற, பொருத்தமற்ற. See Disproportionate meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use disproportionate in a sentence?
- disproportionate response
- What part of speech is disproportionate?
- Disproportionate can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce disproportionate?
- Disproportionate is pronounced /dɪs.pɹəˈpɔː.ʃə.nət/ (UK).
Words near disproportionate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disproportionate (page history and authors); disproportionate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disproportionate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Disproportionate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disproportionate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); disproportionate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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