out of proportion

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He said the agreement drafted by the agency used the surrogate’s body for a “profit venturing business” and that the risks Trent-Wilson took were out of proportion to those taken by the agency.

From The Wall Street Journal

That fear has been blown out of proportion.

From Barron's

Pascal Soriot, chief executive of AstraZeneca, said that drug prices in the U.S. are out of proportion compared with other countries and that the company is increasing its workforce and investment in America.

From The Wall Street Journal

"There was a little fear that we're seeing some undue promotion particularly by third parties, perhaps governments, that are out of proportion of the rest of the natural promotion that you should see in the show," he said.

From BBC

"The Stockholm thing was taken out of proportion," said Johnson.

From BBC