Disproportion
noun
A situation where one thing is much bigger, smaller, etc. than other things in a way that seems wrong or makes problems.
There is a disproportion in the number of women compared to men in technology fields.
Often appears as...
- gross disproportion
- flagrant disproportion
verb
To make something have parts that are wrong in size or amount in relation to each other.
The budget for the project was disproportioned, leading to lack of funds towards the end.
Often appears as...
- disproportion resources
- disproportion spending
noun
A situation where one thing is much bigger, smaller, etc. than other things in a way that seems wrong or makes problems.
There is a disproportion in the number of women compared to men in technology fields.
Often appears as...
- gross disproportion
- flagrant disproportion
verb
To make something have parts that are wrong in size or amount in relation to each other.
The budget for the project was disproportioned, leading to lack of funds towards the end.
Often appears as...
- disproportion resources
- disproportion spending
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Disproportion often implies a negative feeling, suggesting something is unfair or problematic.
The disproportion of educational resources upset the community.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Specific
Use 'disproportion' in contexts of comparison where differences are noticeable and significant.
Despite his efforts, there was a clear disproportion in sales.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Issues
Often used to discuss social inequalities, like gender or racial imbalances.
There is a disproportion in salary between men and women.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Disproportion often implies a negative feeling, suggesting something is unfair or problematic.
The disproportion of educational resources upset the community.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Specific
Use 'disproportion' in contexts of comparison where differences are noticeable and significant.
Despite his efforts, there was a clear disproportion in sales.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Issues
Often used to discuss social inequalities, like gender or racial imbalances.
There is a disproportion in salary between men and women.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Disproportion often implies a negative feeling, suggesting something is unfair or problematic.
The disproportion of educational resources upset the community.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Specific
Use 'disproportion' in contexts of comparison where differences are noticeable and significant.
Despite his efforts, there was a clear disproportion in sales.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Issues
Often used to discuss social inequalities, like gender or racial imbalances.
There is a disproportion in salary between men and women.
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Quote examples
Charles Baudelaire
French Poet
An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense which shows him intoxicating pleasures, but which at the same time implies and contains an equally exquisite sense of all deformities and all disproportion.
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Henry Villard
American Journalist
Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion between the long trunk of his body and his short legs. His chest was broad and indicated great strength of lungs.
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James Dean
Actor
I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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Asa Gray
American Scientist
Why is it not just as likely that there were as many small general nearly at first as now, and as great a disproportion in the number of their species?
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.
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Charles Baudelaire
French Poet
An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense which shows him intoxicating pleasures, but which at the same time implies and contains an equally exquisite sense of all deformities and all disproportion.
Quote examples
Henry Villard
American Journalist
Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion between the long trunk of his body and his short legs. His chest was broad and indicated great strength of lungs.
Quote examples
James Dean
Actor
I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
Quote examples
Asa Gray
American Scientist
Why is it not just as likely that there were as many small general nearly at first as now, and as great a disproportion in the number of their species?
Quote examples
Franz Kafka
Novelist
It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical.
Quote examples
Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.
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