Disproportion

n.	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.
	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.
v. t.	1.	To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly. [imp. & p. p. Disproportioned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disproportioning.] To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion me in every part. - Shak. A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. - Prescott.

Noun

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disproportion - lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something Antonyms: symmetry, proportion - balance among the parts of something

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