亚洲网紅露点

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disproportion

[ dis-pruh-pawr-shuhn, -pohr- ]

noun

  1. lack of proportion; lack of proper relationship in size, number, etc.:

    architectural disproportions.

  2. something out of proportion:

    the disproportions of an awkward body.



verb (used with object)

disproportion

/ 藢诲瑟蝉辫谤蓹藞辫蓴藧蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. lack of proportion or equality
  2. an instance of disparity or inequality
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to cause to become exaggerated or unequal
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢诲颈蝉辫谤辞藞辫辞谤迟颈辞苍补产濒别苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 藢诲颈蝉辫谤辞藞辫辞谤迟颈辞苍补产濒测, adverb
  • 藢诲颈蝉辫谤辞藞辫辞谤迟颈辞苍补产濒别, adjective
  • 藢诲颈蝉辫谤辞藞辫辞谤迟颈辞苍补濒, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲颈蝉顎卲谤辞路辫辞谤顎僼颈辞苍路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 诲颈蝉顎卲谤辞路辫辞谤顎僼颈辞苍路补路产濒别路ness noun
  • 诲颈蝉顎卲谤辞路辫辞谤顎僼颈辞苍路补路产濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of disproportion1

1545鈥55; dis- 1 + proportion; compare Middle French disproportion
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Example Sentences

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In light of the disproportion, one can鈥檛 help but draw the conclusion that pundits and voters still understand playing gay as one mark in the column for 鈥渙utstanding performance.鈥

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Withholding funding for the 鈥渁lleged actions of a few individuals,鈥 he said, was a 鈥渕atter of extraordinary disproportion.鈥

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In recent years, however, the disproportions have grown even more extreme.

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The Congressional Budget Office and National Academy of Sciences, to name two sources that painstakingly documented the disproportion.

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This top-heavy treatment of the 鈥淢essiah鈥 isn鈥檛 uncommon 鈥 that centerpiece 鈥淗allelujah鈥 can justify just about any level of choral disproportion.

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