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disproˈportioned, ppl. a.
[f. disproportion v. + -ed; cf. F. disproportionné.]
Made or rendered out of proportion; disproportionate.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxxviii. (1611) 424 It argueth a disproportioned minde in them whom so decent orders dis⁓please. 1610Shakes. Temp. v. i. 290 He is as disproportion'd in his Manners As in his shape. 1699Bentley Phal. 533. 1787 T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 199 The women and children are often employed in labors disproportioned to their sex and age. 1851Mayne Reid Scalp Hunt. xxviii, I gazed at the huge disproportioned heads.
†b. Inconsistent. Obs.
1604Shakes. Oth. i. iii. 2 Duke. There's no composition in this Newes, That giues them Credite. 1 Sen. Indeed, they are disproportioned. |