Associations to the word «Disproportion»

Wiktionary

DISPROPORTION, noun. The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance.
DISPROPORTION, noun. Lack of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness.
DISPROPORTION, verb. (transitive) To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch.

Dictionary definition

DISPROPORTION, noun. Lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis