Disproportion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Disproportion	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disproportion n lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something Antonym(s): proportion, symmetry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disproportion \Dis`propor"tion\, 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. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disproportion \Dis`propor"tion\, 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.