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unproˈportionate, a. Now rare. [un-1 7, 5 b.] Disproportionate, unproportioned.
1581Mulcaster Positions xxx. 109 The whole bodie..is anoyed with vnproportionate heat. 1601Daniel Civ. Wars vi. xxviii, No swelling member, vnproportionate, Growne out of forme. 1651H. More Second Lash in Enthus. Tri., etc. (1656) 184 Where is my Fancie distorted, unproportionate, unproper? 1679J. Goodman Penit. Pard. iii. v. 336 That the powers and objects are mis-matched and unproportionate to each other. 1897Advance (Chicago) 21 Jan. 77 Unsound, unproportionate teachings. So unproˈportionately adv., -ness.
1495Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. vii. xx. p iij b/2 A man is byrefte.. of his syght somtyme..for vnproporcyonat[n]es of the blacke of the eye to y⊇ spyryte of syghte. 1897Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. IX. 22 The paralysis..progressing by degrees and sometimes unproportionately. |