disproportionatene

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISPROPORTIONATENESS, noun Unsuitably with respect to form, quantity or value; inadequately; unequally. DISPROPORTIONATE, adjective Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else, in bulk, form or value; inadequate. In a perfect form of the body, none of the limbs are disproportionate. It is wisdom not to undertake a work with disproportionate means.
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