Word familyadjectivedisproportionabledisproportionaldisproportionatenoundisproportionablenessdisproportionatenessdisproportiondisproportionationadverbdisproportionablydisproportionallydisproportionately
EQUALtoo much or too little in relation to something else 不均衡的,不相称的,不成比例的
the disproportionate amount of money being spent on defence
比例失衡的国防开支
—disproportionatelyadverbadv
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disproportionate• Nationally, a disproportionate 48 percent of all foster children are minorities.• Children who disruptlessons at school take up a disproportionate amount of the teacher's time.• Some fields get disproportionatefunds, he opined, while others go hungry.• They are equally aware that achieving the last few percentage points in performance of ten causes a disproportionate increase in costs.• The report shows that a disproportionate number of black women do unskilled, low-paid work.• Clough was small in stature with disproportionatephysicalstrength and powers of endurance.• In both houses, the reformers claimed, committeechairmenexerciseddisproportionate power.• The richest areas of the country are getting a disproportionateshare of government grants.• Yet what our little coteriesuffered was, I believe, disproportionate to our vices.• For years, the femaletilt toward the Democrats was balanced by disproportionate white male support for Republicans.