disproportionate

Example Sentences

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That group was driving a disproportionate share of revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal

But there is still a "disproportionate" number of disadvantaged children, he said, particularly pupils with special educational needs and disabilities missing their lessons too often.

From BBC

These dynamics leave crucial decisions in the hands of a few advisory firms that wield disproportionate influence over the trajectory of corporations while operating with minimal accountability.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The density of migratory warblers, flycatchers, and vireos crowded into these five forests is astounding, and means that each hectare protected there safeguards a disproportionate number of birds."

From Science Daily

Why, his inquisitor demanded, had Dillon, Read taken a disproportionate share of the profit from the funds it managed for the public?

From The Wall Street Journal