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To a degree or extent that is out of proportion to a relevant size, share, or comparison.
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- disproportionately affected
- disproportionately large
- bear disproportionately
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Low-income households bore the costs disproportionately.
The smallest district received a disproportionately large share of the funding.
Her contribution was disproportionately small compared with her team’s workload.
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- Base
- disproportionately
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Primary category: academic. Forms: Invariable adverb; no inflections. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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