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Disproportion

Dis'pro-pōr'tion, n.

noun

n. [Prefix dis and proportion, q. v.]

Want of proportion in quantity; want of symmetry; as, the disproportion of a man's arms to his body; the disproportion of the length of an edifice to its height.
Want of suitableness or adequacy; unsuitableness; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object.

Dis’pro-pōr’tion, v. t.

verbtransitive

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.

To shape my legs of an unequal size, To disproportion me in every part. Shak.

A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. Prescott.