disproportionality

noun

The state of being disproportional.

UncommonScrabble 26

Meanings

noundisproportionality (countable and uncountable, plural disproportionalities)

plural disproportionalities

  1. uncountableThe state of being disproportional.
  2. countableThe extent to which something is disproportional.

    A countercity strike would be a direct and intentional attack against noncombatants, representing a violation of noncombatant immunity on a mass scale—this besides the disproportionality of the destruction such a countercity strike would entail.

    1982, Military Chaplains' Review, volumes 132-135

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