GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 2 definitions

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   Disproportion (?), n. [Pref. dis- + proportion: cf. F. disproportion.]
   1. Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, “the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height.”
   
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   2. Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, “the disproportion of strength or means to an object”.
   
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   Disproportion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disproportioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disproportioning.] To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.
   
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   To shape my legs of an unequal size;
   
   To disproportion me in every part. Shak.
   
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   A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. Prescott.
   
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