disproportionality.

1. A lack of the relevant proportionate relationship between quantities, parts or shares.

2. An inappropriate scale of a burden, measure or response relative to its purpose or relevant circumstances.

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Words that belong together

• disproportionality between shares
• numerical disproportionality

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Disproportionality between the shares depended on the comparison the analysis used.

Numerical disproportionality remained after the group sizes were taken into account.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: criterion analysis, relative importance, potential and actual distinction, evidence interpretation. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, research and conceptual explanation. Commonness: uncommon.