disproportionately
Disproportionately means not fair or equal when comparing two things. It's like saying one side has way too much of something while the other side gets almost nothing.
Imagine you have a school class and everyone is supposed to get the same amount of homework each week, but some students end up with three times as many assignments as others. That would be disproportionate. The word often describes situations where one group or person has an unfair advantage over another. In business, people might talk about companies getting disproportionately large government contracts, meaning they're getting way too much money for their work compared to other companies.
How common is "disproportionately"?
Word disproportionately is considered rare in modern English.
It appears most frequently in academic texts and less often in other writings.
It appears most frequently in academic texts and less often in other writings.
Definitions
adverb
In a disproportionate manner
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