Meanings
comparative more disproportionate · superlative most disproportionate
- Not proportionate.
disproportionate impact
4 more examples
grossly disproportionate
disproportionate response
They faced a disproportionate share of the costs.
The punishment seemed disproportionate to the crime.
Synonyms: nonproportionate, unproportionate
- Out of proportion.
Synonyms: extortionate, inordinate, exorbiant, exorbitant, extortionable, extortionate, extortious, extravagant
present singular third person disproportionates · participle present disproportionating · participle past disproportionated · past disproportionated
- chemistryTo undergo disproportionation.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot proportionate.
adjectiveOut of proportion.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot proportionate
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Latinprōportiōnātus
- Englishproportionate
- Englishdisproportionate
From dis- + proportionate.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian несъответен, непропорциона́лен
- несъответен (nesăotveten)not proportionate
- непропорциона́лен (neproporcionálen)out of proportion
Catalan desproporcionat, desproporcionat
- desproporcionatnot proportionate
- desproporcionatout of proportion
Czech nepřiměřený
- nepřiměřenýnot proportionate
Danish urimelig, uforholdsmæssig
- urimelignot proportionate
- uforholdsmæssigout of proportion
Dutch onevenredig, buitensporig
- onevenredigout of proportion
- buitensporigout of proportion
- buitenproportioneelout of proportion
Finnish suhteeton, yhteismitaton
- suhteetonnot proportionate
- yhteismitatonnot proportionate
- suhteetonout of proportion
French disproportionnel, disproportionné
- disproportionnelnot proportionate
- disproportionnéout of proportion
German disproportionieren
- disproportionierento undergo disproportionation
Greek δυσανάλογος
- δυσανάλογος (dysanálogos)out of proportion
Hungarian aránytalan, aránytalan
- aránytalannot proportionate
- aránytalanout of proportion
Irish díréireach, díréireach
- díréireachnot proportionate
- díréireachout of proportion
Italian spropositato, esagerato
- spropositatonot proportionate
- esageratonot proportionate
- sproporzionatoout of proportion
- smisuratoout of proportion
- disproporzionareto undergo disproportionation
Japanese 不釣り合い
- 不釣り合い (futsuriai)not proportionate
Māori pāhikahika
- pāhikahikanot proportionate
Norwegian Bokmål uforholdsmessig, uforholdsmessig
- uforholdsmessignot proportionate
- uforholdsmessigout of proportion
Polish nieproporcjonalny, niewspółmierny
- nieproporcjonalnynot proportionate
- niewspółmiernynot proportionate
- nieproporcjonalnyout of proportion
- niewspółmiernyout of proportion
Portuguese desproporcionado, desproporcional
- desproporcionadonot proportionate
- desproporcionalout of proportion
- desproporcionadoout of proportion
- desproporcionarto undergo disproportionation
Russian непропорциона́льный, несоразме́рный
- непропорциона́льный (neproporcionálʹnyj)not proportionate
- несоразме́рный (nesorazmérnyj)not proportionate
- непропорциона́льный (neproporcionálʹnyj)out of proportion
Spanish desproporcionado, desproporcionado
- desproporcionadonot proportionate
- desproporcionadoout of proportion
Swedish oproportionerlig
- oproportionerlignot proportionate
Ukrainian непропорці́йний, неспівмі́рний
- непропорці́йний (neproporcíjnyj)not proportionate
- неспівмі́рний (nespivmírnyj)not proportionate
Cite this entry
disproportionate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disproportionate
“disproportionate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disproportionate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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