disproportionate

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It also follows ongoing income and wealth asymmetries: The top of the income distribution comprises a disproportionate and rising share of total consumption.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

China doesn’t get the disproportionate increase in the quota it wants in this deal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

"What happened next was completely disproportionate," he wrote.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

A disproportionate share of them will be children.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

She thought that his disproportionate size was something as unnatural as her cousin's tail of a pig.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez