Word Meaning

Meaning of disproportion

- 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.
- Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object.
- To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.