Synonyms for disproportion


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dis-pruh-pawr-shuh n, -pohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪs prəˈpɔr ʃən, -ˈpoʊr-

Top 10 synonyms for disproportion Other synonyms for the word disproportion

Définition of disproportion

Origin :
  • 1550s; see dis- + proportion.
  • noun imbalance
Example sentences :
  • Only one soul saved out of every six—how fearful was the disproportion!
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Moreover, his feelings were hurt by the disproportion of their respective ages.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • And once more, the inharmonious and unseemly nature can only tend to disproportion?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • And do you consider truth to be akin to proportion or to disproportion?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • In all cities the disproportion is greater than in the country.
  • Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
  • The disproportion between my motives and other men's is too great to be normal.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • They do not remember that disproportion in such matters is fatal.
  • Extract from : « The Cult of Incompetence » by Emile Faguet
  • There, the disproportion is striking between the work and the result.
  • Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson
  • If the disproportion is too great the only resort is embryotomy.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
  • At Coal Harbor the disproportion was much greater than elsewhere.
  • Extract from : « Three Years in the Sixth Corps » by George T. Stevens

Antonyms for disproportion

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