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disproportionately

UK/ˌdɪs.pɹəˈpɔː.ʃə.nət.li//ˌdɪs.pɹəˈpɔɹ.ʃə.nət.li/

disproportionately adverb: in a disproportionate manner.

Adverb

disproportionately (comparative more disproportionately, superlative most disproportionately)

  1. in a disproportionate manner
    • Capitalizing on the restive mood, Mr. Farage, the U.K. Independence Party leader, took out an advertisement in The Daily Telegraph this week inviting unhappy Tories to defect. In it Mr. Farage sniped that the Cameron government — made up disproportionately of career politicians who graduated from...2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, “British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020, retrieved 29 May 2013

disproportionately meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and Odia

disproportionately in Hindi

अनुपातहीन रूप से

disproportionately in Marathi

अप्रमाणसरपणे

disproportionately in Gujarati

અપ્રમાણસર રીતે

disproportionately in Odia

ଅନୁପାତହୀନ ଭାବେ, ଅନୁପାତହୀନ ଭାବରେ

Forms of disproportionately

comparativemore disproportionately
superlativemost disproportionately

Origin of disproportionately

From disproportionate + -ly.

Questions about disproportionately

What does disproportionately mean?
Disproportionately means in a disproportionate manner.
What is disproportionately in Hindi?
Disproportionately in Hindi is अनुपातहीन रूप से. See Disproportionately meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is disproportionately?
Disproportionately is an adverb.
How do you pronounce disproportionately?
Disproportionately is pronounced /ˌdɪs.pɹəˈpɔː.ʃə.nət.li/ (UK).

Words near disproportionately in the dictionary

  1. disproportionality
  2. disproportionally
  3. disproportionalness
  4. disproportionate
  5. disproportionated
  6. disproportionately
  7. disproportionateness
  8. disproportionates
  9. disproportionating
  10. disproportionation
  11. disproportionations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disproportionately (page history and authors); disproportionately (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disproportionately (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disproportionately (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disproportionately (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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