How to Use disproportionate in a Sentence

disproportionate

adjective
Definition of disproportionatenext
Synonyms for disproportionatenext
  • A disproportionate number of the students are poor.
  • He believes that middle-class people bear a disproportionate share of the tax burden.
  • The disproportionate toll on Black women is one point on which the CDC and the new study agree.
    — Robin Fields, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Such events have been on the rise in recent years, and a disproportionate number of shooters in the U.S. are young men.
    — David Nakamura, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
  • Both work in a matter of minutes and bring me a disproportionate amount of joy.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 16 Aug. 2023
  • That means the parents who do attend and speak up can have a disproportionate amount of sway.
    — Annie Ma and Linley Sanders, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
  • Some puffer-style vests can be difficult to fold and take up a disproportionate amount of space.
    — Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2024
  • But with lipedema, areas of fat are disproportionate to the rest of the body — and may stop abruptly.
    — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Is there a single story in the collection that holds a disproportionate amount of your work and care?
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2023
  • There is also a disproportionate lemon falling from the sky above her.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
  • As the days, months and years that followed demonstrate, politicians opted for the blind and disproportionate route.
    — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 11 Sep. 2024
  • In fact, this kind of career might self-select for a disproportionate number of founders.
    — Christina Farr, STAT, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Police stops led to hundreds of killings of unarmed people in the past few years, a disproportionate number of them Black.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 30 Jan. 2023
  • White Chicagoans at the time accused them of receiving disproportionate resources from the city, and in 1919 tensions boiled over.
    — Matt Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2024
  • One aspect of this is the use of disproportionate force—that the extent of the harm done to civilians should be proportionate to your military goals.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Of those not found within six months, a disproportionate number are Black.
    — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Of those not found within six months, a disproportionate number were Black.
    — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
  • Twitter, while not as big, has long had influence disproportionate to the size of its user base.
    — Christopher Mims, WSJ, 19 Nov. 2022
  • And why are a disproportionate percentage of the victims black men?
    — Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Black people are subject to car stops at a disproportionate rate.
    — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Israel is carrying out the same disproportionate use of force in Palestine at the moment.
    — Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • These groups make up a disproportionate share of the renter population.
    — Priscilla Almodovar, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • People of color would have been received a disproportionate amount of help.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
  • The earnings report reflects the disproportionate risks that Hertz has assumed in its dealings with Tesla and Uber.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2023
  • When the pandemic shut down the economy and schools in 2020, women felt the brunt of the impact with a disproportionate number choosing to leave the workforce to take care of their families.
    — Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023
  • There is a disproportionate impact on children compared to all other conflicts, in terms of injuries, in terms of those killed.
    — Zoe Magee, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Armstead recognizes the disproportionate struggle of Black students due to a lack of resources and lack of funding.
    — Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Records also show a disproportionate number of patients who have died at the center while waiting for a liver.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
  • That can happen if the anger becomes disproportionate to the event that triggers it or if someone holds on to it for an extended period.
    — Cathy Cassata, Health, 7 June 2024
  • The big picture: Democrats have railed against the Electoral College, which has favored Republicans in recent cycles due to the disproportionate power of small states.
    — Neal Rothschild, Axios, 27 Oct. 2024

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