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disproportionately
[ dis-pruh-pawr-shuh-nit-lee ]
adverb
- in a way that is out of proper relation with something else in size, number, importance, etc.:
We often allow the minor inconveniences of life—such as traffic jams or technology breakdowns—to disproportionately impact our happiness.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of disproportionately1
Example Sentences
However critics, including the incumbent Labor government, had said an end to work from home arrangements would disproportionately disadvantage women.
Trump has pledged he’ll use new revenue from tariffs to finance tax cuts, which analysts say would disproportionately benefit the wealthy.
The burden of childcare and domestic labor fell disproportionately on women, especially with married couples where both spouses were trying to work from home to avoid the virus.
While the goal was to protect the next generation from the harms of smoking, the health service still sees the ongoing cost of generations of adults who smoked, with deprived communities disproportionately affected.
The Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle environmental protections and roll back nationwide progress toward clean energy disproportionately target California and other blue states, internal documents show.
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