disproportionate
adjective
dis·pro·por·tion·ate
ˌdis-prə-ˈpȯr-sh(ə-)nət 
: being out of proportion
a disproportionate share
disproportionately
adverb
Examples of disproportionate in a Sentence
He believes that middle-class people bear a disproportionate share of the tax burden.
A disproportionate number of the students are poor.
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For example, Vice Chairman Hill, noted that such approaches have imposed disproportionate compliance burdens on smaller financial institutions, stifling their ability to innovate in a rapidly digitizing economy.
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Tonya M. Evans, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Genetics alone can’t explain the dramatic rise or the disproportionate impact on Asian American children.
—Lucy Tu, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2025
But a cultural affinity with wrestling is not the only reason behind the disproportionate representation of China’s ethnic minorities in MMA.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
The study, in the journal Nature, also found that sugary drinks were linked to 2.2 million additional cases of Type 2 diabetes and 1.2 million cases of cardiovascular disease in 2020, with a disproportionate share of those cases concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
—Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Tonya M. Evans, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Genetics alone can’t explain the dramatic rise or the disproportionate impact on Asian American children.
—Lucy Tu, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2025
But a cultural affinity with wrestling is not the only reason behind the disproportionate representation of China’s ethnic minorities in MMA.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
The study, in the journal Nature, also found that sugary drinks were linked to 2.2 million additional cases of Type 2 diabetes and 1.2 million cases of cardiovascular disease in 2020, with a disproportionate share of those cases concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
—Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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disproportionate
adjective
dis·pro·por·tion·ate
ˌdis-prə-ˈpōr-sh(ə-)nət
-ˈpȯr-
: being out of proportion
disproportionately
adverb
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