disproportion

Example Sentences

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Withholding funding for the “alleged actions of a few individuals,” he said, was a “matter of extraordinary disproportion.”

From New York Times

In recent years, however, the disproportions have grown even more extreme.

From Salon

The Congressional Budget Office and National Academy of Sciences, to name two sources that painstakingly documented the disproportion.

From Los Angeles Times

This top-heavy treatment of the “Messiah” isn’t uncommon — that centerpiece “Hallelujah” can justify just about any level of choral disproportion.

From Washington Post

That disproportion slights the postwar failure of his push to make a Christian Sparta among citizens more devoted to making money and buying consumer goods.

From Washington Post