disproportion

“It is not a great disproportion between ourselves and others which produces envy, but on the contrary, a proximity,” wrote David Hume, the 18th-century philosopher and economist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

But the disproportion that Sordi brings to the part is essential to Risi’s argument, which is precisely that Silvio doesn’t fit the scale of his times.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023

"There was a kind of disproportion," said Laure Khalil, the lawyer representing more than 100 of them.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2022

That doesn’t mean selling exceptional museum art to rectify the disproportion makes sense.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2022

Tyrion Lannister had lived all his life in a world that was too big for him, but in the manse of Illyrio Mopatis the sense of disproportion assumed grotesque dimensions.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

In recent years, however, the disproportions have grown even more extreme.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2023

“However, these programs do not constitute a proper and comprehensive response. The industry needs to be compensated for the disproportions and restore some balance to the ecosystem.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2021

Paradoxically, because advertisers can no longer target by age or gender, they have little recourse to remedy these disproportions.

From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2019

It offers one of the most remarkable disproportions between the precise personalism of its action and the overwhelming scope of its achievement.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 8, 2015

The Christian mind awoke under a fascination, and, for a time, could only ejaculate its meanings in fragments, or hint them in vast disproportions, could only sing snatches of new tunes.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various

Dr. Mensendieck calls the dancing legs of the late Anna Pavlova monstrously disproportioned.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were of a size altogether disproportioned to his capacity.

From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

His distinguishing characteristic is the depth of his shades, the somewhat disproportioned length of his figures, and an inclination to the capricious in his actions and composition.

From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Lanzi, Luigi Antonio

The size of the parents should not be much disproportioned at first, as nature abhors sudden extremes, and does every thing in the most gradual manner.

From A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. by Blacklock, Ambrose

It was, no doubt, foreseen that this order, so disproportioned in its severity to the offence which occasioned it, would not be complied with, nor was it wished that it should.

From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) by Bell, Henry Glassford