DISPROPORTION, noun [dis and proportion.] 1. Want of proportion of one thing to another, or between the parts of thing; want of symmetry. We speak of the disproportion of a mans arms to his body; of the disproportion of the length of an edifice to its highth. 2. Want of proper quantity, according to rules prescribed; as, the disproportion of the ingredients in a compound. 3. Want of suitableness or adequacy; disparity; inequality; unsuitableness; as the disproportion of strength or means to an object. DISPROPORTION, verb transitive To make unsuitable in form, size, length or quantity; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly. To shape my legs of an unequal size, to disproportion me in every part.
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