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disproportionately
[ dis-pruh-pawr-shuh-nit-lee ]
adverb
- in a way that is out of proper relation with something else in size, number, importance, etc.:
We often allow the minor inconveniences of life—such as traffic jams or technology breakdowns—to disproportionately impact our happiness.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of disproportionately1
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Example Sentences
Women and children are disproportionately victims, but they are not alone.
The work at Art Basel is often interesting, often dull, and disproportionately decorative in nature.
They disproportionately indict young African-American men, and they usually do it very quickly.
Significantly, those being targeted are disproportionately transgender, and disproportionately people of color.
In 2012 the so-called Bedroom Tax was passed, an under-occupancy penalty that disproportionately hits low-income families.
This act was found to be objectionable by some residents who stated that the new seventh district was disproportionately large.
Although all freemen had the right to vote in this assembly, the power of the richer classes was disproportionately great.
But though the common standard of living has risen, the rise has been on a scale disproportionately small.
The Greeks are interesting and quite disproportionately important because they had such a host of great individuals.
Many of the deck fittings seemed disproportionately substantial.
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