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disproportioning

disproportioning is the present participle and gerund of disproportion.

Meaning of disproportion

Verb

disproportion (third-person singular simple present disproportions, present participle disproportioning, simple past and past participle disproportioned)

  1. (transitive) To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch.
    • To shape my legs of an unequal size; / To disproportion me in every part.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

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Questions about disproportioning

What is disproportioning the present participle and gerund of?
Disproportioning is the present participle and gerund of disproportion.

Words near disproportioning in the dictionary

  1. disproportionates
  2. disproportionating
  3. disproportionation
  4. disproportionations
  5. disproportioned
  6. disproportioning
  7. disproportions
  8. dispropriate
  9. dispropriated
  10. dispropriates
  11. dispropriating

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