Meanings
adjectiveoverproportionate (comparative more overproportionate, superlative most overproportionate)
comparative more overproportionate · superlative most overproportionate
- overproportioned
Therefore, an overproportionate decrease of the market price in times of falling demand may still serve as an indicator for imperfect collusion in a market […]
2006, Leslie Neubecker, Strategic Competition in Oligopolies With Fluctuatuating Demand
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Latinprōportiōnātus
- Englishproportionate
- Englishoverproportionate
From over- + proportionate.
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overproportionate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overproportionate
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“overproportionate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overproportionate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overproportionate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overproportionate.
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