disproportionate
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Families can address this by reserving some “sweat equity” for those who eventually make disproportionate contributions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Several groups have complained of police using disproportionate force towards teenagers.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Compounding the problem, the diesel market is significantly larger than the jet-fuel market, so any movement in the former has a disproportionate impact on jet fuel, Simpson added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
State laws in the Golden State have a disproportionate impact on the global tech industry because so many of the top tech titans are based here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
But Van Rensburg was in a class by himself, and we believed that if he were gone, it would make a disproportionate difference for all of us.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing disproportionate
Power Prefix: dis-
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President Trump's Second State of the Union Address (2019)
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President Trump's First Address to the United Nations General Assembly (2017)
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