misproportion

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With these, too, there was the usual misproportion on the farm, to its extent, of lean, inefficient cattle, four half-starved animals performing, with incredible effort, the work of one.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various

It was this misproportion which gave a piquancy to her expression and which in charming people, no doubt made them believe her handsome.

From At Fault by Chopin, Kate

A.--Yes, but this may be said of all boilers; but in locomotive boilers, perhaps, the effect of any misproportion becomes more speedily manifest.

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.

Doubtless, very serious mistakes might be made in the organisation of the managing as well as of the overlooking organs--there might be a serious misproportion in the powers conferred.

From Freeland A Social Anticipation by Hertzka, Theodor

It followed from this misproportion that the balance piston, being adjusted to take off nearly the whole of the pressure, lifted the valve off the face at the beginning of each stroke.

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.