disproportion

Etymology

dis- + proportion

noun

  1. The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance.
    […] a handsome creature, remarkably so, with features so symmetrical […] that a micrometer gauge could scarcely find a disproportion in her smooth and broad mahogany-coloured face. 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XIII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 208
    the disproportion of the length of a building to its height
  2. Lack of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness.
    the disproportion of strength or means to an object

verb

  1. (transitive) To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch.

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