disproportionate
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A disproportionate share of those jobs are remote-friendly, white-collar roles like customer-service reps, software developers and data specialists.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Southampton say they have appealed against their removal from the Championship play-offs for spying as it is "manifestly disproportionate to every previous sanction in the history of the English game".
From BBC • May 20, 2026
"I regret that the response -- disproportionate to say the least given to the very real concerns that have been expressed -- is only fuelling them," she added.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
“We oftentimes hear people say, ‘Well, they end up paying a disproportionate share of the state’s taxes,’ which is true, but they also have a disproportionate share of the state’s wealth.”
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
Running behind his father, Ben began to feel a disproportionate joy rise in him.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing disproportionate
Power Prefix: dis-
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President Trump's Second State of the Union Address (2019)
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