'Disproportion' definitions:
Definition of 'disproportion'
(from WordNet)
noun
Lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something [ant: proportion, symmetry]
Definition of 'Disproportion'
From: GCIDE
- Disproportion \Dis`pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disproportioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Disproportioning.] To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly. [1913 Webster]
- To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion me in every part. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Disproportion'
From: GCIDE
- Disproportion \Dis`pro*por"tion\, n. [Pref. dis- + proportion: cf. F. disproportion.]
- 1. Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disproportion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambiguity,
- ambivalence,
- anamorphism,
- anamorphosis,
- antinomy,
- asymmetry,
- buckle,
- contortion,
- contrariety,
- crookedness,
- derangement,
- detorsion,
- deviation,
- difference,
- disarrangement,
- disarray,
- disarticulation,
- discomfiture,
- discomposure,
- disconcertedness,
- disequilibrium,
- disharmony,
- dishevelment,
- disintegration,
- disjunction,
- disorder,
- disorderliness,
- disorganization,
- disparity,
- disproportionateness,
- disruption,
- dissimilarity,
- distortion,
- disturbance,
- entropy,
- equivocality,
- gnarl,
- haphazardness,
- heresy,
- heterodoxy,
- heterogeneity,
- imbalance,
- imparity,
- inadequacy,
- incoherence,
- incommensurability,
- incompatibility,
- incongruity,
- inconsistency,
- inconsonance,
- indiscriminateness,
- inequality,
- inequity,
- inharmonious harmony,
- injustice,
- insufficiency,
- irreconcilability,
- irregularity,
- knot,
- lopsidedness,
- most admired disorder,
- nonconformability,
- nonconformity,
- nonsymmetry,
- nonuniformity,
- odds,
- overbalance,
- oxymoron,
- paradox,
- perturbation,
- promiscuity,
- promiscuousness,
- quirk,
- randomness,
- screw,
- self-contradiction,
- shortcoming,
- torsion,
- tortuosity,
- turbulence,
- turn,
- twist,
- unbalance,
- unconformability,
- unconformity,
- unevenness,
- unfair discrimination,
- unorthodoxy,
- unsymmetry,
- ununiformity,
- upset,
- warp,
- wrench,
- wrest,
- wring