disproportionate

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ proportionate.

Pronunciation

Adjective

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪs.pɹəˈpɔː.ʃə.nət/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪs.pɹəˈpɔɹ.ʃə.nət/

  • Audio (US):

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Verb

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪs.pɹəˈpɔː.ʃə.neɪt/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪs.pɹəˈpɔɹ.ʃə.neɪt/

  • Audio (US):

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Adjective

disproportionate (comparative more disproportionate, superlative most disproportionate)

1. Not proportionate.

   Synonyms: nonproportionate, unproportionate

2. Out of proportion.

   Synonyms: extortionate, inordinate; see also Thesaurus:exorbitant

Derived terms

• disproportionately
• disproportionateness

Translations

not proportionate

• Armenian: անհամաչափ (hy) (anhamačʻapʻ)
• Bulgarian: несъответен (bg) (nesǎotveten)
• Catalan: desproporcionat
• Czech: nepřiměřený (cs)
• Danish: urimelig
• Finnish: suhteeton, yhteismitaton
• French: disproportionnel (fr)
• Hungarian: aránytalan (hu)
• Irish: díréireach
• Italian: spropositato (it), esagerato (it)
• Japanese: 不釣り合い (futsuriai)
• Maori: pāhikahika
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uforholdsmessig (no)

  Nynorsk: uforholdsmessig

• Polish: nieproporcjonalny, niewspółmierny
• Portuguese: desproporcionado (pt)
• Russian: непропорциона́льный (ru) (neproporcionálʹnyj), несоразме́рный (ru) (nesorazmérnyj)
• Spanish: desproporcionado (es)
• Swedish: oproportionerlig (sv)
• Ukrainian: непропорці́йний (neproporcíjnyj), неспівмі́рний (nespivmírnyj)

out of proportion

• Armenian: անհամաչափ (hy) (anhamačʻapʻ)
• Bulgarian: непропорциона́лен (bg) (neproporcionálen)
• Catalan: desproporcionat
• Danish: uforholdsmæssig
• Dutch: onevenredig (nl), buitensporig (nl), buitenproportioneel (nl)
• Finnish: suhteeton
• French: disproportionné (fr)
• Greek: δυσανάλογος (el) (dysanálogos)
• Hungarian: aránytalan (hu)
• Irish: díréireach
• Italian: sproporzionato (it), smisurato (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uforholdsmessig (no)

  Nynorsk: uforholdsmessig

• Occitan: desproporcionat
• Polish: nieproporcjonalny, niewspółmierny
• Portuguese: desproporcional (pt), desproporcionado (pt)
• Russian: непропорциона́льный (ru) (neproporcionálʹnyj)
• Spanish: desproporcionado (es)

Verb

disproportionate (third-person singular simple present disproportionates, present participle disproportionating, simple past and past participle disproportionated)

1. (chemistry) To undergo disproportionation.

Translations

to undergo disproportionation

• Italian: disproporzionare
• Portuguese: desproporcionar