unproportionatelyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnprəˈpɔːʃənətli/, /(ˌ)ʌnprəˈpɔːʃn̩ətli/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈpɔrʃ(ə)nətli/, /ˌənpərˈpɔrʃ(ə)nətli/ In a manner or to a degree that is not proportionate; = disproportionately adv.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adverb] > disproportionately
unproportionably1559
disproportionably1608
overproportionately1676
disproportionatelya1682
disproportionally1755
unproportionally1819
unproportionately1848
1848 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 29 Mar. 169 If the current along the wires of the telegraph be unproportionately powerful, the pen will be too firmly pressed on the register.
1897 Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. 9 22 The paralysis..progressing by degrees and sometimes unproportionately.
2001 Amer. Hist. Rev. 106 1425/2 Indian demography receives unproportionately little attention.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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