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overproportion
[ verb oh-ver-pruh-pawr-shuhn, -pohr-; noun oh-ver-pruh-pawr-shuhn, -pohr- ]
noun
- the excessiveness of something in relation to another or to what is considered correct, desirable, or normal; inequity or imbalance:
the overproportion of insurance to income.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- v··ǰtDz·ٱ adjective
- v··ǰtDz·ٱ·ly adverb
- v··ǰtDzԱ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of overproportion1
First recorded in 1635–45; over- + proportion
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Also, there are too many familiar stories of iconoclastic rebels and a slight overproportion of well-to-do, English-speaking characters, given the milieu of residents in commercialized, cab-hailing Shanghai.
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