disproportionate
Example Sentences
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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
Gas prices are up, which has a disproportionate impact on lower- and middle-income consumers.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Leicester were "disappointed" when it was announced they were docked six points on 5 February and described the punishment as "disproportionate".
From BBC • Apr. 8, 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
She thought that his disproportionate size was something as unnatural as her cousin's tail of a pig.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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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