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disproportion

Main Entry:
disproportion [dis-pruh-pawr-shuhn, -pohr-]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: imbalance
Synonyms: asymmetry, difference, discrepancy, disparity, imparity, inadequacy, inequality, insufficiency, irregularity, lopsidedness, unevenness, unsuitableness
Antonyms: balance, equality, evenness, parity, proportion
Main Entry: inequality
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: prejudice; lack of balance
Synonyms: asperity, bias, contrast, difference, discrimination, disparity, disproportion, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, diversity, imparity, incommensurateness, injustice, irregularity, one-sidedness, partisanship, preferentiality, roughness, unequivalence, unevenness, unfairness, unjustness, variation
Antonyms: balance, equality, evenness, similarity
Main Entry: mismatch
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disparity
Synonyms: discrepancy, disproportion, dissemblance, dissimilarity, divergence, divergency, diverseness, imbalance, imparity, incongruity, inequality, unevenness
Main Entry: imbalance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lack of balance
Synonyms: asymmetry, disproportion, inequality, lopsidedness, shortcoming, unevenness
Main Entry: inconsistency
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: discrepancy
Synonyms: contrariety, deviation, difference, disagreement, disparity, disproportion, disproportionateness, dissimilarity, dissonance, divergence, incongruity, inconsonance, inequality, paradox, unlikeness, variance
Antonyms: congruity, consistency, similarity
Main Entry: disproportionateness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: inequality
Synonyms: disparity, disproportion, imbalance, inequity, unequalness, unevenness
Related Words
Main Entry: inequality
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
disequilibriate, disparate, disproportionate, lop, partial, top, unequal, uneven
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Difference of quantity or degree] Inequality.
Category: 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY
Synonyms:
-nouns
inequality; disparity, imparity; odds; difference; unevenness; inclination of the balance, partiality, bias, weight; shortcoming; casting weight, make- weight; superiority; inferiority; inequation.
-verbs
be unequal; countervail; have the advantage, give the advantage; turn the scale; kick the beam; topple, topple over; overmatch; not come up to.
-adjectives
unequal, uneven, disparate, partial; unbalanced, overbalanced; top-heavy, lopsided, biased, skewed; disquiparant.
-adverbs
haud passibus aequis [Vergil].
Antonyms: equality
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