disproportion

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance.
2. (countable, uncountable) Lack of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness.

Verb

To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch.

Synonyms

disparity

imbalance

incommensurability

lack of balance

unbalance

misproportion

asymmetry

a symmetry

dismutation

dissymmetry

maladjustment

Translations

desproporción

sproporzione

disproportion

Missverhältnis

desproporció

δυσαναλογία

nispetsizlik

distorsion

sbilancio

desproporção

falta de proporción

onevenredigheid

desmesura

Disproportion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪspɹəˈpɔːʃən/

Etymology

From dis- + proportion.