disproportionate
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Many observers have long argued that pharmaceutical companies devote disproportionate resources to variations of their top-selling drugs with limited incremental benefits, rather than pursuing entirely new treatments.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
A common — and, in my opinion, boring — criticism of influencers as a whole is that the attention or money they receive is disproportionate to what they deserve.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Allbirds wasn’t just the unofficial footwear provider of Silicon Valley—its initial public offering in 2021 tapped into the tech sector’s ethos by giving the company’s founders disproportionate sway in how it would be run.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
In February, a court ruled the ban was "disproportionate" and interfered with the right to free speech.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Or, as Edwards elliptically put it, “There’s a disproportionate focus on a particular asset class in a particular country.”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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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President Trump's First Address to the United Nations General Assembly (2017)
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