- (n.) Want of suitableness, adequacy or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) To make unsuitable in quantity, form or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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