disproportion

UK /dɪspɹəˈpɔːʃən/ US /dɪspɹəˈpɔːʃən/
noun 2verb 1

Definitions

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.

Then we, the social outsiders, turn around and dictate how men shall treat women (seldom, if ever, how women shall treat men; power in men's rather than women's hands being the excuse offered for this lop-sided arrangement), and how whites shall treat blacks (the same disproportion exists here too).

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

To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch.

To shape my legs of an unequal size; / To disproportion me in every part.

a degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory

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